Pain in the cheek when eating is considered to be mumps. The parotid gland is the largest of the salivary glands in the body and is located on both cheeks near the earlobe. The causes of parotid enlargement are mostly infectious, immune, obstructive and unexplained inflammatory enlargement, with bacterial and viral infections being common. The main manifestations of bacterial mumps are fever, local redness, swelling, heat and pain in the parotid gland, increased leukocyte count, lamellar entry into the purulent phase, and squeezing the parotid gland to see pus flowing from the mouth of the parotid duct. The most common form of viral mumps is mumps, and there are other viruses that cause mumps. Mumps is a respiratory infectious disease caused by mumps virus infection, characterized by non-suppurative swelling of the parotid gland and invasion of various glandular tissues and the nervous system as well as almost all organs such as the liver, kidneys, heart and joints, often causing complications such as meningoencephalitis, orchitis, ovarian inflammation and pancreatitis, with lasting immunity acquired after the disease. In order to clarify if you have mumps, it is recommended to visit a dentist for a definitive diagnosis.