A person has three major salivary glands: parotid gland submandibular gland sublingual gland These glands produce saliva, which is essential for speaking, swallowing, chewing, and digesting.

Acinic cell carcinoma is a rare type of salivary gland cancer. It’s often treatable with surgery, but some people develop high-grade cancer that can spread to distant body parts. Acinic cell ...

I don’t see how saliva would have anything to do with your prostate gland. How does the test work, and how can I get access ...

Initially, not all salivary glands were thought to be impaired while those glands that demonstrated damage seemed to heal spontaneously without further subjective and objective symptomatology.

Plus the process had left me with only one saliva gland, exhaustion, and flaking skin on the left side of my face. My remaining choice then was to do what I could have done in the beginning when ...

She reminds them that we all have a variety of hormones and hormone-producing glands with important jobs ... she orders a ...

They also produce more tears when a person cries. The submandibular glands near the mouth produce saliva to lubricate the inside of the mouth and to help with breaking down food. And the sublingual ...

Shrapnel from the bomb took out Howard’s three lower and two upper teeth and cut a saliva gland. Medics came by and took his broken teeth out and told him it was “going to bleed.” ...

In people with RA, Sjögren’s often affects the tear and saliva glands, leading to: Dry eyes Dry skin Dry mouth Red, irritated eyes Blurry vision When Sjögren’s affects the mouth and throat, it can ...

Department of Otorhinolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. University of Milan, Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental ...

It is a rapidly spreading cellulitis of the sublingual and submandibular spaces but does not have lymphatic involvement or abscess formation. It presents acutely, can be life threatening ...