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blood from salivary duct

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nieata90378
nieata90378

I have had an inflamed submandicular gland on the left side for months. Two weeks ago blood started coming out of my parotid gland on the right side. I have slight swelling in the cheek and neck below the ear. CT scan and ultrasound showed no stones or cysts. Doctor and dentist are confused. They have no idea what is going on. The assure me that if it was cancer I would have more swelling and it would show on the scans. I can't find anything on what causes blood to come from a salivary duct. Everyone just says it is rare. But I am just wondering if anyone has had this experience and what it was.

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  • tanika47055
    tanika47055 nieata90378

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    Hi. I am wondering if you ever got any answers about this. About a month ago,  my 12 year old daughter had swelling on the left side of her face. It was later diagnosed as swollen Parotid glands. The doctors didn’t see any cysts, blockage or infection so they didn’t prescribe any antibiotics. They told her to suck on lemons and eat sour candies to produce saliva, which she has been doing. The Parotid duct started producing a clear thick mucus and then green mucus and now blood is coming out.  The doctors don’t know what this is. They did prescribe an antiobic but blood is still coming out. Please let me know if you have found out anything about what this could be. Thank you. 
    • nieata90378
      nieata90378 tanika47055

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      I never had anything green or mucusy coming out of my gland. In regards to answers, I saw many specialists and had many tests and no one seemed to know what it was. For me, I started tracking my diet and noted things that caused the inflammation, the pain, and the blood. While doctors and being well intentioned, I don't think she should be sucking on lemons or candy as this is just aggrevating the gland.

      I used heat on my face (warmed up magicbag) to releave pain. I used Advil, no other pain killer worked. I then went on an elimination diet. I found that pears and bananas made the symptoms worse. I eventually went off of dairy, sugar and fruit for over a year. This helped significantly to the point that I did not require pain killers any more and blood stopped coming out of the gland. I did see an allergist and he did not find that I was allergic to anything. 

      And while many people thought I was crazy for going off of sugar and dairy, I was able to do it because those foods brought pain. I think those foods caused inflammation in me. 

      I have to make sure I relax and eat well.

      I would also think that it is possible that it may be a yeast infection in her gland and the antibiotics may be making it worse. She should get the area swabbed to find out.

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