What does an infected salivary gland feel like?

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Salivary Infection: Symptoms Pain, tenderness and redness. Hard swelling of the salivary gland and the tissues around it. Fever and chills. Drainage of infectious fluid from the gland..
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Normally, lymph nodes are intimately associated with the salivary glands, particularly the parotid gland. Several lymph nodes are embedded in the parotid gland, other lymph nodes are adjacent to the submaxillary gland, and ectopic salivary gland acini and ducts are commonly present in cervical lymph nodes..
If you have parotid duct obstruction, you may have symptoms such as pain and swelling near the back of your jaw. Some people have only swelling or only pain. Symptoms may often come and go. They are often worse during eating, when your salivary gland makes more saliva..
Salivary Infection: Symptoms Pain, tenderness and redness. Hard swelling of the salivary gland and the tissues around it. Fever and chills. Drainage of infectious fluid from the gland..
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