Parotitis is inflammation of one or both parotid glands, two large salivary glands responsible for making approximately 50% of your saliva. The parotid glands are located in each cheek over the ...

Initially, not all salivary glands were thought to be impaired while those glands that demonstrated damage seemed to heal spontaneously without further subjective and objective symptomatology.

Administration of radiotherapy to patients with head and neck cancer often causes damage to the parotid glands, resulting in a marked decrease in saliva production, and associated discomfort.