Why does my right cheek hurt?

Many people often experience cheek pain. Cheek pain does not occur on both sides of everyone, but some people only experience it on one side. Cheek pain on the right side may be caused by mumps, because mumps often occurs on one or both sides, all due to infection factors.

What is mumps? What causes mumps?

What is mumps

Do you know what the parotid gland is? Where is the parotid gland? There must be some symptoms that you don't know are caused by mumps, so we must first know what this disease is and what causes it?

The parotid gland is the largest of the salivary glands and is located on both sides of the cheeks near the earlobes. Parotid gland enlargement is centered on the earlobes and can be on one side or both sides.

The causes of the disease include infectious, immune, obstructive and unexplained inflammatory swelling. The most common cause of mumps is infection, which is mostly bacterial and viral.

The main symptoms of bacterial mumps are fever, local redness, swelling, heat and pain in the parotid gland, increased white blood cell count, and the lesion entering the purulent stage. When the parotid gland is squeezed, pus can be seen flowing out of the catheter orifice.

Some cases of mumps are caused by viruses, which are called viral mumps. There is another type that usually occurs is actually called epidemic mumps. However, if it is caused by a virus, it is not very easy to treat.

Mumps is a respiratory infectious disease caused by mumps virus infection. It is characterized by non-purulent swelling of the parotid gland and can invade various glandular tissues or the nervous system and almost all organs such as the liver, kidneys, heart, and joints. It can often cause complications such as meningoencephalitis, orchitis, oophoritis, pancreatitis, etc. The patient can acquire lasting immunity after the illness.

Mumps (epidemic parotitis, mumps) is an acute respiratory infectious disease caused by the mumps virus invading the parotid gland. It is a common respiratory infectious disease among children and adolescents. It also occurs in adults and is caused by the mumps virus.

The prominent symptom is non-purulent swelling and pain of the parotid gland. The virus can invade various glandular tissues or the nervous system and almost all organs such as the liver, kidneys, heart, and joints. Therefore, it can often cause symptoms such as meningoencephalitis, orchitis, pancreatitis, mastitis, and oophoritis.