Parathyroid gland
It is the salivary gland that exists in the mouth, which extends from the lower jaw to the front of the ear, and works on the gland secretion of saliva to make it easier for the person chewing food and therefore ingestion, and the parotid gland is the occurrence of infections in the tissues, which may cause serious infections up To the brain and nervous membranes such as inflammation of the brain, and these infections are transmitted by the transmission of viruses from the infected person to the healthy person, which in turn transmitted to the respiratory system when passing through the air contaminated with those viruses, or by saliva containing the virus, For a period of up to three weeks from the time of the injury.
Symptoms of infective infections
When a mumps or nectar infection occurs, the patient has several symptoms, including:
- The temperature rises from the normal level after two days of infection, which may reach up to forty degrees Celsius when the situation develops.
- Pain in the area of the mouth, in addition to muscle pain.
- Weight loss is largely due to anorexia, lack of desire to eat.
- Feeling pain and headache in the head area.
- Swelling in the breast area in women with parotid gland infections after puberty.
- Swelling and swelling of the salivary gland in one side of the face under the ear, and pain in the area.
- Male pain and swelling in the testicles.
In some cases, the infection of the thyroid gland is serious, given the serious complications that cause such as:
- Infection of schizophrenia, which results in inflammation of the brain, and spinal cord.
- Causing problems during pregnancy, abortion may cause.
- The appearance of inflammation in the pancreas.
- The emergence of problems in the genital areas such as: ovarian infections in women, and inflammation of the testes in men.
- Loss of vision, and inability to see.
Do not touch the eyes without washing your hands; they may be contaminated with viruses that go directly to the eye and lead to the spread of infection. Children are considered the most susceptible to parotid gland infections, so children are given special vaccinations to protect against parotid gland infections, or by strengthening the immune system of the infected person. Hand washing should be considered well when contact with any surface, as it may contain Viruses, and others should not be shared in food utensils because saliva is contaminated with viruses.