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PAROTITIS (Symptoms (Inability to fully open mouth, Discomfort or pain…
PAROTITIS
Symptoms
Inability to fully open mouth
Discomfort or pain when opening mouth or eating
Foul taste in your mouth
Pus in mouth
Pain in mouth
Redness or swelling over a jaw or infront eyes, below jaw
Signs of infection such as fever
Swelling of face or neck
Causes
Deceased flow of saliva
Formation of microoganism in bacterial infection
Viral infection such as mumps
Such as staphylococcous aureas and streptococci
blockage of salivary duct
Obective data
Pus in mouth
Inability to full open mouth
Swelling in in face or neck
Swelling over a jaw
Treatment
Antibiotics may be used to treat bacterial infection
A fine needle aspiration may be used to drain pus
Analgesics may be given for pain
Surgical removal of damaged infected gland
Nursing intervensions and rationale
Massage the gland to stimulate the flow of saliva
Maintain oral hygiene
Mantain adequate nutrition
Encourage the patient to drink lot of water
Phatophysiology
It usually found in patients with supressed immune system
It is also common in dehydrated and debiliated patient
Is the inflammation of one or both parotid glands
Evaluation
Swelling subsides
Infection treated
The oral hygiene is maintained
Defination
It is the inflammation of one or both parotid gland
Assessment & com. findings
Subjective data
Fever
Having abnormal foul taste in mouth
The patient will complain about pain in mouth
