PAROTITIS

Course overview

PAROTITIS IS CAUSED BY DUCT OBSTRUCTION (SUCH AS SIALOLITHIASIS), INFECTIOUS ORGANISMS (VIRUSES OR BACTERIA), OR INFLAMMATORY CONDITIONS (SUCH AS SJOGREN SYNDROME, RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS, SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, AND SARCOIDOSIS). PAROTITIS CAN RESULT IN PAIN AND DISCOMFORT, GLANDULAR ENLARGEMENT AND SWELLING, DRY MOUTH, AND SOMETIMES FEVER. PREDISPOSING FACTORS INCLUDE DEHYDRATION, MALNUTRITION, IMMUNOSUPPRESSION, SIALOLITHIASIS, ORAL NEOPLASMS, AND MEDICATIONS, CAUSING DECREASED SALIVATION. THIS ACTIVITY DISCUSSES PAROTITIS, ITS ETIOLOGY, DIAGNOSIS, AND MANAGEMENT, AND IT ALSO HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN THE CARE OF PATIENTS WITH PAROTITIS.