Viral infections (Mumps)
- Common among children.
- Usually affects parotid, occasionally submandibular
- Painful swelling, fever and headache.
- Resolves in 5-10 days.
Treatment
- symptomatic
Calcular disease (Sialolithiasis):
- Painful swelling of submandibular gland during eating
- Swelling resolves/ reduces 1-2 hours after meals
- Enlarged submandibular gland on bimanual examination
- Stone in the duct- palpable in the floor of mouth
Treatment:
- Stone in the duct- extraction by direct incision over the duct
- Stone in the gland- excision of the gland
