Swelling and pain inside the cheeks, consider that it may be related to oral diseases, allergies, mumps, injuries and other factors.
1. Oral diseases: If the face is usually swollen and painful all of a sudden, and accompanied by the phenomenon of gum pain inside the mouth, it is considered to be caused by oral diseases such as periodontitis, apical periapical inflammation or wisdom tooth pericoronitis. At this time should be promptly to the hospital for examination and treatment.
2. Allergy: It is a common cause of cheek swelling and pain, especially some people belong to the allergic body, such as external use of certain drugs or the use of poor-quality skin care products, which can lead to local skin allergies, swelling and pain in the cheeks, itching and other symptoms.
3. Mumps: usually can cause pain and swelling of parotid gland, so it leads to pain inside the cheek, especially when chewing food with mouth open, the pain will be more obvious. Most patients have unilateral involvement of the parotid gland, and only a few have bilateral disease at the same time. Parotitis is mainly caused by viral infection.
4. Injury: If your face is hit when you fall, or if you hurt your face during a fight, it can lead to soft tissue injury of the face, resulting in swelling and pain inside the cheeks, which can be accompanied by localized skin lesions and bruises in severe cases.
Swelling and pain inside the cheek may also be related to other causes, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time.