Mumps
The most common cause of a salivary gland lump is mumps, which usually affects children and typically causes painful swellings on both sides of the face. However there are many other causes of swelling in the salivary glands, for example salivary gland infection, salivary gland cancer, systemic diseases and drugs.The main clinical feature of salivary gland cancer is swelling in the salivary gland region though it does not exactly indicate that you have cancer as most salivary gland tumors are benign.Read more about salivary gland cancer herehttp://www.intelligentdental.com/2009/11/25/how-to-prevent-salivary-gland-cancer/
Mumps causes salivary glands to swell dramatically.
The Plague
Yes. i think so. broken things=doctor visits. i have lyme disease, and broke my finger about a year ago. it was extremly painful, what with the additional swelling of the joint. the bone grew back together a little strangely, and still causes problems for me (i broke it at the joint and now it is sort of bulged out and painful).
Euthanasia is usually an option for terminal disease or debilitating and painful disease for which there is no cure
If the swelling is only on the outside ear and is only in area where there is cartilage (the ear lobe is not painful), it is possible that the condition you have is Perichondritis.
From what they called 'Dropsy' what we know of today as Edema. A painful accumulation of fluid that causes severe swelling.
Glandular swelling can be caused by a number of things. Autimmune infections, antibiotics, heart disease illness and there are many other causes.
Salivary glands secrets saliva in our mouth
Hirschbaum's Disease is a painful intestinal disease. It causes constipation and makes bowel movements hard because the stool moves slowly through the intestines.
Dercums disease is a painful condition that causes fat deposits on the body and leaves sores in various areas. The disease is rare, but can actually cause death in sufferers.
Gonorrhea is the sexually transmitted disease that causes painful urination. It is treatable with modern antibiotics but left untreated can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease and can even affect joints and heart valves.