Are there any home remedies for salivary gland infections?

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I believe I have a small infection in my sublingual gland, underneath my chin. It's painful when touched and irritating in general. It isn't red or visibly noticeable yet.

Is there any way to treat this without a trip to the doctor?
Without OC medication?
You can try massaging the gland by massaging under the chin to stimulate saliva flow to flush out the gland. Also, a few drops of lemon on the tongue will help stimulate saliva flow [or a sour sweet] again as a means of flushing out the gland. Other than that you really need an antibiotic, and of course you can take a painkiller to help relieve the pain. You could try grapefruit seed extract OR oregano oil as both have antibiotic properties. But consider the possibility that you may have a saliva stone so perhaps it is wiser to see your GP who will have a look at the gland, can probably minimally assess if there might be an infection and/or a stone and prescribe a suitable antibiotic.

When on antibiotics take a probiotic at the same time and for at least a week after cessation of the antibiotic to recolonize the gut with friendly organisms to prevent an opportunistic yeast overgrowth.

Best wishes.  (+ info)

I have a hard white lump on my sublingual gland what could it be?

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There are so many possibilities, so you should definitely see a dentist first, and possibly a doctor. One possibility is what's known as a sialolith- this is a hard calcification that builds up from saliva flowing through the submandibular gland. Generally people who have this experience pain when eating (really, it's when you salivate a lot- i.e. when you're eating). Treatment for this condition is excision (removal) by an oral surgeon. Your dentist, oral pathologist or oral surgeon will be able to diagnose this and set you up with either a referral or appointment. You should however get this checked out as soon as possible to rule out any sort of malignancy (although this would be a very atypical presentation of a malignant pathology)  (+ info)

I have a Sublingual gland stone any advice please?

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I have just been to the dentist regarding a lump under my tongue. As the pain has only been there for 36 hours, they told me that to back to see them in 10 days time and are 90% certain it's a stone blocking the Sublingual gland (the gland under the tongue). Now I struggling with the pain - find it difficult to eat hard or chewy things. I have been having ibuprofen 3 times a day. Does anyone know what's the best thing I can do to relieve the pain? Also what are the proceedures to remove/treat the condition?
I can only say that many years ago I had a lump, and it was a blocked saliva duct, boy did it hurt. I saw my Physician and he started antibiotics which cure the problem within a few days. Best of Luck  (+ info)

Blocked Salivary Gland? (Sublingual gland)?

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On New Year's Day, I woke up with severe pain/tenderness, underneath my jaw, in the area of my sublingual glands (on the left side). Went to the ENT and was told I had a blocked gland and that if it didn't work itself out on it's own within a week, they'd have to surgically remove it. It worked out that I didn't have to have any surgery because it cleared up (leaving a painless lump behind), but on February 1st, I woke up with the same thing on my right side! Same exact symptoms, so I know it's another plugged duct. Has anyone ever had recurring stones or plugged glands? What is the prognosis for something like this? I feel like I'm going to go back to the ENT, pay another huge doctor bill, to find out I'm SOL.
He never said it was a 'stone'...just a blocked duct. I was put on antibiotics and the 'blockage' (stone or not) worked itself out on the left side...but now I'm dealing with this pain all over again on my right side. I haven't tried sour candy or lemon slices. I drank some orange juice and it burned. I guess that is probably a good burn though. Meaning the duct is trying to do it's job. I'm sorry you've had to endure this too.
Oh I had X-Rays too and there was no sign of a stone, so that's why the ENT said it was a blockage.
Hey, I've been having the same thing in basically the same time frame! Although mine was the submandibular gland, but still a salivary gland. Did you try to get them out by sucking on lemon slices? (Or whatever else gets you to salivate a lot.)
And I'm a little confused, did the stone actually work its way out? One of mine did just by drinking gatorade. I had one removed surgically, but it wasn't as bad as I expected- pretty quick, and not as painful as going to the dentist. Then they had to inject dye into my gland by going under my tongue, and take x-rays. Those showed that there were smaller stones still in my gland so I have to go back in a month to see if they're any bigger.
I've heard of someone having to have the gland removed after it got infected/ formed stones twice I think. But that wasn't all that reliable of information.

So. My advice is to try lemon slices. Maybe it'll come out on its own.  (+ info)

what does the sublingual gland do?

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The sublingual glands are salivary glands in the mouth.

They lie anterior to the submandibular gland under the tongue, beneath the mucous membrane of the floor of the mouth.

They are drained by 8-20 excretory ducts.

The largest duct, the sublingual duct (of Bartholin) joins the submandibular duct to drain through the sublingual caruncle.

The sublingual gland consists mostly of Mucous acini capped with serous demilunes and is therefore categorized as a mixed gland.

Most of the remaining small sublingual ducts open separately into the mouth on an elevated crest of mucous membrane, the sublingual fold (plica), caused by the gland and on either side of the frenulum linguae.

The chorda tympani nerve (from the facial nerve via the lingual nerve) is secretomotor to the sublingual glands.  (+ info)

Swollen Sublingual Gland?

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I have a swollen gland under my tongue which started out the size of a pinto bean last night and has grown to the size of a lima bean. It started out of nowhere and is starting to get bigger. I went to the doctor and he gave me a Z-Pack and a mild steroid (Dexamethason 1.5MG) and told me that in 2 days the problem persists to see a specialist. He said it was more than likely a viral infection? Is this a common diagnosis for this type of problem? I'm just a little worried he didn't take it too seriously. Should I be worried about a swollen gland such as this and what could I do to ease discomfort?
Typically doctors dont take swollen glands all that seriously, mainly because they are extremly commen, and only in rare instances linked to cancer.

Most docs can tell just by looking at or touching a gland as to if it serious or not.  (+ info)

can i get DLA cos i got a malignant neoplasm of the pituitary gland?

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also failed my HGV medical on these grounds aswell as something about my eye ?(begins with a 'D'),DOUBLE VISION as well
i am on steriods ,and tablets,but lost my job today cos DR wouldnt pass me on dvla medical ?
DLA is disabled living allowance is payable when you a an issue that affects your ability to lead a normal life and when you need assistance with day to day living issues.
Hard to get nowadays.

You will probably be able to get incapacity benefit with a malignant lesion of the pituitary gland and the best people to take you through your options are the benefits people at the Job Centre.
As a genuine claimant and having lost your job due to ill health they have to offer you a medical assessment to see what you can and cannot do. If you have double vision then your employment prospects are severely limited.

On Monday get yourself down the Job Centre and get the ball rolling as there are other benefits that may be better for you than DLA. The lower level of DLA is only about £14 a week. You will need more that that to live!  (+ info)

What is the connection between malignant neoplasms and crabs?

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The more common term for malignant neoplasms, cancer, is Latin for crab, and the word "carcinogen," meaning a cancer-causing agent, comes from the Greek word for crab, "karkinos." What is the connection between these two seemingly unrelated things?
Cancer, both the disease and the astronomical constellation, derive from the Latin cancer or cancrum, meaning crab. The astrological sign, of course, is said to resemble a crab and the disease was so named by the ancient Greek physician Galen (129-200 A.D.) who noted the similarity between a certain type of tumor with a crab as well—the swollen veins around the tumor resembling the legs of a crab.

Old English adopted cancer directly from Latin and used it for a variety of spreading sores and ulcers. This early sense survives in the modern word canker. From c.1000 in a manuscript called Læce Boc (Leech Book), collected in Oswald Cockayne’s Leechdoms, Wortcunning, and Starcraft of Early England, Vol. II, 1865:

Gemeng wið þam dustum, clæm on ðone cancer.
(Mix with the dust, smear on the cancer.)

And from Wyclif’s 2 Timothy, 1382:

The word of hem crepith as a kankir

The word was being applied specifically to the disease we today call cancer by the beginning of the 17th century. From Philemon Holland’s translation of Pliny’s Historie of the World:

Cancer is a swelling or sore comming of melancholy bloud, about which the veins appeare of a blacke or swert colour, spread in manner of a Creifish clees.

The astronomical sense of cancer is from the Latin name for the constellation of the crab. The name was known to the Anglo-Saxons, but only as a Latin name and was not assimilated into English until the Middle English period. It appears in Ælfric’s De Temporibus Anni, written c.993, in a list of the constellations of the Zodiac:

Feorða • Cancer • þæt is Crabba
(Fourth, Cancer, that is the crab.)

The Anglicized name appears c.1391 in Chaucer’s Treatise on the Astrolabe:

In this heved of cancer is the grettist declinacioun northward of the sonne...this signe of cancre is clepid the tropik of Somer.
(At this first point (head) of cancer is the greatest declination northward of the sun…this sign of cancer is named the tropic of summer.)

(Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Edition)  (+ info)

What does the pituitary gland control and where is it?

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I was told that the pituitary gland controls a woman's breast size, is this true or false? What else does this gland do? How can I determine if this gland is malfunctioning? My family doctor and gynecologist doesn't know the answers to my questions. If someone out there knows anything about this gland and what it does, would mean the world and all to me!
Prior to my stomach surgery in 2000, I have been in a double D bra since I was 20 yrs. old. But after my stomach surgery my breasts are growing more and more. Now my breasts are in the size K and soon my breasts will be too big for my new size K bra! I am chronically having upper back and shoulder pain from these breasts. My doctors told me to have a breast reduction done. If I do this will my breasts start to grow again? And how do I determine if the pitituary gland is dysfunctional?
the pituitary gland is part of the endocrine system and it does secrete hormones that regulate many bodily processess including growth, reproduction, and various metabolic activities. It is referred to as the master gland of the body. Dysfunction of the gland could cause these problems
gigantism ( abnormally huge hands, feet, or body like ppl standing over 7ft) acromegaly ( big brain) pituitary basophilism ( cushings disease) it can also cause dwarfism simmonds disease If you are worried about your breat size I would be concerned that anything is wrog with the gland it could be hereditary or just a late bloomer. But the pituitary is responsible for female hormaones. I hope this helped  (+ info)

Is their a difference between injectable and sublingual HCG?

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I know there is a difference as far as how it is mixed and administered but is the actual HCG sold in different forms? I ordered some thinking I would go sublingual but the HCG box says for injection only. When I ordered it, there was nothing saying it was one way or the other.
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