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Acute salivary gland infections rarely affect the minor salivary glands or sublingual glands. The acute conditions more typically involve the parotid and submandibular glands. During an acute inflammatory process, there is swelling of the affected gland, overlying pain, gland tenderness, fever, and on occasion difficulty opening the mouth. Often the pain is intensified with eating in that food ingestion stimulates saliva flow, which will typically cause the gland to swell and thus exacerbate the pre-existing symptoms. Acute inflammatory processes largely fall into bacterial, viral, and autoimmune states. In chronic gland disorder, the symptoms are similar, although much less intense. There is usually swelling of the affected gland with a less intense discomfort and less overlying tenderness. The gland may fluctuate in size and discomfort with eating but usually not to the degree seen with acute infectious causes. It's best to stay away from spicy to acidic foods such as pasta sauces, Mexican foods, Orange Juice, Oranges, limes, lemons, etc.
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AS goiter is an enlargement of the adrenal gland?
Goiter is an enlargement of the thyroid gland.
What is the enlargement of adrenal gland called?
The enlargement of the adrenal gland is called adrenal gland hypertrophy.
What postrenal conditions can cause kidney failure?
inflammation of the prostate gland in men (prostatitis) enlargement of the prostate gland (benign prostatic hypertrophy) bladder or pelvic tumors
How does enlargement of the prostate gland interfere with the male reproductive functions?
The enlargement of the prostate gland interferes with a male's reproductive function in the sense that it makes it impossible for the gland to produce semen.
What is abnormal enlargement of the thyroid gland?
Abnormal enlargement of the thyroid gland is called goiter.
What is the pathophysiology of enlargement of prostate gland?
An enlargement of the prostate gland may restrict the flow of urine from the bladder. The prostate gland grows larger due to an increase in the number of cells, hyperplasia.
Does benign prostatic hyperplasia cause a cancerous enlargement of the prostate?
No, a benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) does not cause a cancerous enlargement of the prostate. A BPH is not cancerous. It is defined as a noncancerous enlargement of the prostate gland.
What does an inhomogeneous prostate gland indicate?
prostate enlargement
Is Goiter a nonmalignant enlargement of the thyroid gland?
a goiter is a noncancerous enlargement of the thyroid gland, visible as a swelling at the front of the neck, that is often associated with iodine deficiency. Also calledstrumagoitre
What is adenomegaly?
Adenomegaly is the enlargement of a gland, especially those of the neck.
Goiter is an abnormal nonmalignant enlargement of the thyroid gland?
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What is a goiter. What happens when you get a goiter?
Goiter is the enlargement of the thyroid gland.
