Septic parotitis is a disease caused by staphylococcal or streptococcal infection. The main symptoms include local symptoms caused by inflammatory stimuli and systemic symptoms caused by toxins.
1. Local symptoms: swelling of the tissues centered on the earlobe, local skin temperature is often elevated, redness, swelling and tenderness are obvious. In severe cases, the patient’s opening and speech are restricted. When the parotid gland is gently squeezed, pus can be seen flowing out from the mouth of the parotid duct.
2. Systemic symptoms: The toxin produced by bacteria enters the bloodstream, leading to systemic symptoms, such as high fever, fatigue and accelerated respiration. Blood tests show abnormalities in inflammatory markers such as elevated white blood cells.
Septic parotitis early application of penicillin, vanguardin and other gram-positive cocci sensitive antibiotics, and take pus for drug sensitivity test, in order to find the most sensitive and effective antibiotics. When the infection is controlled, abscess incision and drainage is feasible.
If you have symptoms of suppurative parotitis, you should pay attention to it and go to the hospital for treatment in time, do not treat it by yourself, so as not to delay the condition.