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After a trip to the ER and several follow-up visits while doctors worked on a diagnosis that turned out to be parotitis, an infection of the glands, Chandler’s bills reached $1,300.
From Washington Post • Aug. 19, 2016
Secondary infection of the parotid gland frequently occurs, and gives rise to a suppurative parotitis.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
Dr. Behr thinks, that antiphlogistics are rarely indicated in the treatment of parotitis.
From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin
The treatment of these non-suppurative forms of parotitis consists in relieving the symptoms.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
Suppurative parotitis may be due to direct spread of infection from the mouth along the parotid duct, or to extension of suppurative processes from the temporo-mandibular joint, the jaw, or a lymph gland.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
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