What to do if the salivary gland inflamed - effective treatment at home

Among all diseases of the salivary glands inflammatory processes predominate( sialadenitis).Inflammation almost always develops in an acute form with pronounced edema, purulent formations, necrosis of tissues, infiltration.

The main symptom of the disease is sore throat, the appearance of swelling on the neck.

General concept of treatment and prevention

Most doctors after a detailed examination and diagnosis prescribe a number of drugs that are aimed at eliminating the symptoms of inflammation of the salivary gland, but they do not resist the patient's desire to be additionally treated at home by unconventional methods and folk remedies.

As an auxiliary therapeutic measures it is useful to use various broths from herbs, juices, fruit drinks.

In the treatment of sialadenitis, a copious drink is supposed, while it is better that it be fortified.

In addition to all medical measures, the patient is recommended to adhere to a special diet, which will be aimed at stimulating salivary outflow from the inflamed organ.

It is best to eat acidic foods and drinks. You can take a slice of lemon and dissolve it in your mouth, it's also good to use chewing gum. This very well contributes to salivation, and along with it pathogenic microorganisms will also be quickly excreted from the body.

All the recommendations given by the attending physician should be strictly observed so that there are no complications with the formation of pus in the sinuses.

As a preventive measure, simple preventive measures should be followed:

• regularly conduct wet cleaning with mandatory airing of the room;
• systematic daily oral hygiene procedures, including cleaning the gums and tongue;
• to abandon harmful products, such as chips, crackers, sucking sweets that can damage the mucosa;
• strengthening of general immunity;
• in the cold season to take immunomodulators, multivitamins;
• do not resort to self-medication if there are suspicious symptoms.

Folk medicine

Inflammation of salivary glands is one of those diseases in which patients often practice treatment with folk remedies. For this, various medicinal plants are used: roots, herbs, berries. Also helps to cope with the inflammatory process of aromatherapy, for which essential oils are used.

Application of tinctures

Recipes of tinctures:

1. has a good effect, the hemlock tincture, which must be taken three times a day. The first day - start with one drops one hour before breakfast. Then repeat the procedure at 15.00 and 21.00, three hours after eating. And so every day, increase the amount of tincture by one drop until it turns out 30. After that, the countdown begins, every day on one drop the amount of tincture should be reduced. The treatment course lasts three months, then follows a five-day break, and again according to the same scheme.
2. Take roots of celandine - 300 gr( skip through a meat grinder), St. John's wort flowers - 50 g, yarrow - 50 g .Mix all components, pour vodka( 0,7 l).Leave at room temperature in a dark place for one week. After the infusion is filtered, compresses with the resulting liquid can be applied.

Therapeutic compresses

The use of certain compresses is allowed in the treatment of inflamed salivary glands, but in the presence of purulent formations, they are contraindicated.

The most effective recipes of compresses:

1. Home curd .The product should be evenly spread over the gauze pad. Apply for 1 hour to the swollen area. Curd every day must be taken fresh.
2. Cleaner .Take the boiling water - 300 ml, pour it 3 spoons of dried plants. Put on a slow fire, boil, remove and infuse for 3 hours. In the resulting broth moisten the gauze napkin, attach to the swollen area.
3. Urina .Urine should be taken five days ago. Evaporate the contents until 1/4 of the total volume is left. The compress is applied overnight.
4. Tincture of hemlock and grated carrots .It is necessary to take the same number of components, mix well. The dressing is superimposed on the swollen area three times a day. A good addition is carrot juice, which should be drunk two cups a day. You can just make bandages soaked in carrot juice.

Decoctions of herbs

Herbal extracts stimulate salivary production, thereby accelerating the excretion of pathogenic microorganisms:

• mint strengthens salivation, relieves pain, refreshes breathing;
• chamomile has anti-inflammatory effect, removes puffiness;
• raspberry leaves promote wound healing, have anti-inflammatory effect;
• flowers of the immortelle, horsetail field, raspberries are used as rinses daily;
• Veronica flowers, elder flowers, peppermint - with the help of a rinse hold, also used for inhalations, thanks to ethereal mint oil;
• chamomile, eucalyptus, sage leaves - broth gargle every day.

In each of the proposed fees contain medicinal plants that are not capable of harming the body. But before using any of them it is still better to consult a specialist.

Means for external use

The most effective recipes:

1. Camphor powder( 20 g) mixed with pork fat( melted, not salty, 100 gr).The resulting agent should be applied to the bandage and applied to the inflamed area, leave for a couple of hours.
2. The ash from the birch is well sifted. Ash( 1 tablespoon) is combined with birch tar( 3 tablespoons).To smear the inflamed gland for three months twice a day.
3. Take 1 to 10 petroleum jelly with birch tar. Mix well and smear the swollen area a day several times.
4. Vaseline( 40 g), celandine( ground to a powder, 10 g), carrot juice( 10 ml).All mixed and smear edema three times a day.
5. Broth of celandine or St. John's wort combine with pork melted fat.
6. 1 yolk, flour - 1 tablespoon, honey - 1 tablespoon, vegetable oil - 1/2 tsp. All mix well, put on a small fire until thick. Apply ointment on a gauze napkin, apply to the edematous place.

Other traditional medicine recipes

If the salivary gland has inflamed, and there is no possibility( or desire) to consult a doctor, at home you can try one of the following recipes:

1. Propolis .Crushed propolis - 20 g pour alcohol - 500 ml. Half an hour of shaking, put in a dark room for 10 days. Strain and drink 20 drops( dilute with water - 100ml) the first day, and then drink 40 drops three times a day.
2. Propolis, mummy .Three times a day put the mummy under the tongue for 1.5 months. After this, three times a day, long chewing, take 3-5 grams of propolis no longer than the 1st month. Garlic and sunflower oil .Boil the vegetable oil - 100 ml, allow to cool, mix with chopped garlic. Infuse 1 week, after filter. It is used to lubricate the mouth. Also can be used as drops in the nose, digging in 5 drops. You can lay cotton swabs in your ears.

Other methods available at home

In addition to these treatments for inflammation of the salivary glands, there are many more methods that can also be used at home:

1. Kerosene .Take a half-liter bottle, pour kerosene into it, add salt - 3 tablespoons. Mix well, warm for 3 hours. Apply to rinse the mouth and throat. Baked onion .A small bulb bake right in the husk. Clear it, grind, add birch tar - 1 tbsp.l.and mix everything well to obtain a homogeneous mass. The resulting tool is applied to the bandage, applied to the tumor.
2. Needles .Litre of water boil, add coniferous needles to it - 5 tablespoons. Within half an hour to boil, let it brew, drain. The drug is taken twice a day.
3. Orange oil( bitter orange) .Seeds of fruit to grind and fall asleep in a jar in three parts, pour oil to the top, close the lid. During the day, keep the product on a water bath. To the resulting mixture add buckwheat flour - 1 tsp, garlic juice, ground seeds of the Chernobylnik. Treatment last six months for 1 tbsp.three times a day.

Run to the doctor!

Sialadenitis immediately gives off unpleasant symptoms, so skipping the onset of its development will be difficult, but how to determine that self-medication can be dangerous, and the disease has passed to the neglected stage:

1. The salivary gland is enlarged and feels firm to the touch. In the field of inflammation, hyperemia may occur.
2. Growing pain in the oropharynx, giving off in the ears, head, temple, if the affected area was captured by the parotid salivary glands. At the first stage, the patient may think that he started otitis.
3. Sensation of pressure. It is impossible not to notice it, since there are no such sensations throughout the rest of the body. It does not matter, empty mouth at this moment or not, the feeling of tension and bursting does not vanish. This is the main symptom of the possible accumulation of pus.
4. Pain sensations can be accompanied by a feeling of twitching, tingling in that part of the gland where pus accumulates.

If it did not happen to protect yourself from a dangerous illness, then do not delay visiting a doctor, it is necessary to immediately seek medical help.

If you carefully treat your health and apply several of the proposed recipes in the complex, then all treatment can go quickly and with a positive prognosis. The absence of the same treatment can lead to the development of necrotic processes.