Question
I woke up and found that my parotid gland has swollen up overnight. I just discovered it now, what should I do?
Answer
In the early stages of acute suppurative parotitis, medication treatment should be the main approach, using antibiotics and traditional Chinese medicine like Jingfang Baidu San and Wuwei Xiaoyu Yin. At the same time, methods to stimulate saliva secretion should be adopted to maintain saliva flow. If the course of the disease exceeds one week and progresses to an abscess, incision and drainage surgery may be required. For viral parotitis, there is currently no specific treatment method. Traditional Chinese medicine can be used as mentioned above, and antibiotics can be administered if there is a concurrent bacterial infection.