The role of mumps in the development of chronic diseases of the salivary glands
Inflammatory diseases of the salivary glands comprise 13-15% of all inflammatory processes in the maxillofacial region in children. Among them, acute mumps is most common. The aim of the study is to study the features of its course in children who developed chronic sialadenitis of the parotid glands over the next 5 years. A retrospective analysis of outpatient charts of 36 children with chronic parotid sialadenitis who had mumps during the previous 5 years (main group) and charts of 42 children who suffered from mumps but did not have chronic salivary gland diseases (control group) was performed. It is established that the occurrence of nonspecific sialadenitis is preceded by severe forms of mumps. The prolonged course of the local process of mumps infection can be the basis for the further formation of a chronic focus of infection. Combined lesions of target organs of mumps can be predictors of subsequent chronic diseases of the salivary glands.