Still swollen and pain while eating after salivary stone removal

malani18 over a year ago

hello,

Long story short I have just had a salivary stone removed from the duct of my submandibular gland, just underneath my tongue. I was prescribed antibiotics for the infection. It has been 4 days now since the removal of this stone and I am still having my gland hurt and swell up every time I eat something! I have massaged it, I have applied heat compresses, I have been drinking more water, etc. The swelling went down to about a 1/3 of the size it was after the removal, but I'm wondering if the duct isn't still blocked. Does it usually take this long for the swelling and pain to subside? Is it just a lingering infection?? Has anyone else had a situation like this?

Please any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you!

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Sssoldo277548 over a year ago

I'm having the same problem as you discribe after having a salivary stone removed a week ago. How are you now and did you get any answers?

I look forward to hearing back as this is no fun!!

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angel over a year ago

Folks - it took me four weeks to get back to being able to eat - just because the stone is gone - does not immediately take away the stone - I lost mine naturally although scheduled for surgery - as my Doctor said - I had a lot of infection build up - I could not talk I was so swollen - and put in hospital for drip anti-biotics - -

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Guest over a year ago

Is anyone still answering these questions? I'm having the same problem and my doctor isn't getting back to me and I'm getting really concerned. :( I had a salivary stone removed under my tongue 5 days ago but everytime I eat, it swells up just like before I had the stone removed. I'm worried and I don't know what it could be, if anyone has an insight please share! Thank you!

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Guest over a year ago

Did it ever resolve itself? I am having the same thing happening to me. Thanks for any help.

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Guest over a year ago

Hello,
I wanted to post to help ease some anxiety that some of you might be feeling. I had a large stone removed from under my tongue in my submandibular gland duct. Surgery recovery was rough and the Dr had to use the basket as well as surgically remove the stone with an incision. At first I was afraid that something worse was going on post surgery. It still had a hard lump in the gland as well as being swollen and enlarging during eating. It seemed to have another stone or worse....so i thought. Rest assured, it took nearly 2 months for the gland to start functioning normally and I even had 4 months of the left side of my tongue numb due to bruising of the lingual nerve. Now when i eat, the gland no longer swells...at all. Saliva flows and I feel great. Give it time and you will feel better. Dr Michael Fritch in Indianapolis performed my surgery and was great. Hope this helps someone sleep better tonight.

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Guest over a year ago

Malani, I see it's been a year since you've posted this....I was wondering how you made out? Did it finally heal to where you could eat without it swelling up? I just had a 3CM stone removed and it swells up after eating and am hoping it will clear up with time. If anyone else can share their experiences with how the healing process goes I'd appreciate it.Thanks

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Guest over a year ago

What finally happened? Did it get better after awhile or was there something else wrong?

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offshore ejector over a year ago

I don't know if there is any chance you see this but 5 years on from your post.....are you still pain free after the surgery and years down the road? I had a HUGE- 3CM stone removed by intraoral surgery and the stone was removed a few days ago but my gland still swells up when eating and there is still pain. I realize that 3 days removed from surgery is not long I'm just wondering what other peoples healing time was and if they had any recurrence of salivary stones after surgical removal.

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