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  Salivary gland cancer is a rare disease – in which malignant cancer cells form in the tissues of the salivary glands – making saliva and release it into the mouth. Saliva has enzymes – helping digest food and antibodies to help protect against infections of the mouth and throat. There are different symptoms that include a constant abnormal or foul taste in your mouth, inability in fully open your mouth, discomfort or pain at the time of opening your mouth or eating, puss in your mouth, dry mouth, pain in your mouth and face pain. Not to mention common symptoms of blocked salivary gland that include a sore or painful lump under the tongue, pain or swelling below the jaw of ears, pain that increase when eating. Some common signs and symptoms of salivary gland tumor may include a lump or swelling on or near your jaw or in your neck or mouth, numbness in part of your face, muscle weakness on one side of your face, persistent pain in the area of a salivary gland, difficulty swal...

  Salivary gland cancer is cancer that takes its place in the glands of the mouth. There are 3 major glands in the mouth named parotid glands, sublingual glands, and submandibular glands, and others are tiny and less productive. In other words, it is also known as parotid cancer . So the tumor in the glands begins when tumors enter the tissues of the salivary gland and start changing in its DNA. When it starts commanding the Tissue's DNA, then the growth of the tumor begins and it starts causing issues in the neck and face. In simple language, we can say that the number of abnormal cells starts growing and the number of normal cells starts compacting. It is also worth mentioning that it is not definite that the tumor will develop cancer in the body, but there are chances always. If cancer prevails over that area, it starts decreasing the tissues nearby, and cancer can also extend its limit from the salivary gland to other parts of the body. Types of the tumor are numeric and...

  The increase of abnormal cells in the salivary glands leads to  salivary gland cancer . Even this kind of cancer is quite abnormal and even reasons for this cancer are not specified. The  salivary glands   are responsible for creating saliva and it has three glands that play important role in this process and that are sublingual, submandibular, and jaw parotid, Polymorphous adenocarcinoma, etc. Make sure to visit a doctor as soon as you feel the following symptoms:- 1. Swelling or lump near on or around your salivary gland. 2. Lumps somewhere on the face or neck. 3. Feeling numb over the face or some part of the face. 4. Inability to move parts of the face or area of the face.   Visiting the medical treatment clinic, at right time, can defend you from parotid cancer .   Types of salivary gland tumors are as follows:- The salivary gland tumor can be classified into two major categories i.e. benign salivary gland tumor and malignant glan...

A tissue in the mouth that expels saliva is the salivary gland. If people eat something very good, they can feel their salivary glands firing. They send saliva to the mouth as exocrine glands viaducts. Just one-quarter of the saliva is produced every day. Saliva is a combination of enzymes such as fat, mucus, antibacterial, and diabetic. Amylase is among the most widespread in human digestive enzymes saliva. The enzyme can break down the starch in the diet to make sugars like glucose and maltose easier and more easily digestible. Whenever people chew they activate salivary glands in preparation for meal breakdown. Species have several functions in the digestive system, besides breaking down starches. Saliva also supports the lubrication of the mouth and digestive tract and ensures that it works correctly. Normally, salivary glands function without a problem, but a blockage or infection within the salivary glands may cause severe pain and discomfort. The salivary glues are in ...