Parotitis

[bdtex]

Just ran across this term in a "Register of General Hospital,Houston,Texas" record for a soldier in the 26th Texas Cavalry. Looked it up online and found this:

"Parotitis is a painful swelling of your parotid glands, which are salivary glands located between the ear and jaw. The most common cause is a virus, such as mumps, herpes, or Epstein-Barr. Bacterial infections, diabetes, tumours or stones in the saliva glands, and tooth problems also may cause parotitis."

https://myhealth.alberta.ca/Health/...ul swelling,problems also may cause parotitis.

It is infectious and viral:

"Viral parotitis can be caused by paramyxovirus (mumps), Epstein-Barr virus, coxsackievirus, and influenza A and parainfluenza viruses. Acute suppurative parotitis is generally caused by Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus species, and rarely, gram-negative bacteria. "

Diagnosis and management of parotitis - PubMed

Of all the salivary glands, the parotid gland is most commonly affected by an inflammatory process. Infections of the parotid gland range from acute to severe. Assessment of the disease process should differentiate local primary parotid infection from systemic infection when this gland is also...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

 

[DixieRifles]

I think I have seen that in Civil War records. It may have been WW2.

 

[lupaglupa]

Ouch. I've read that mumps caused painful swelling in the jaw - sounds like what you are describing here.