Abstract

CRESPO GUERRA, Mario Carlos et al. Treatment of infantile recurrent parotiditis. AMC [online]. 2011, vol.15, n.2, pp.248-260. ISSN 1025-0255.

infantile recurrent parotiditis is a frequent disease of parotid glands in pediatric age. Its cause is not very well defined yet and several alternatives in its treatment are recognized. The utilization of antimicrobials is discussed. Objective: to improve the treatment of this disease once its clinical and echographic diagnosis was accomplished. Method: a clinical, randomized, controlled simple blind trial was carried out, in children treated in the maxillofacial surgery service at the University Pediatric Hospital Eduardo Agramonte Piña of Camagüey city, from February 2008 to January 2009. The universe of study was constituted by 38 children attended with some inflammatory process in the parotid glands regions. The sample was constituted by 22 patients through clinical and echographic examination who were diagnosed them infantile recurrent parotiditis, patients were split into two groups of 11 infants; a study group, which received support treatment and a control one that was treated with antimicrobials and support treatment. Results:  of the 22 studied patients, the 59,1 % were included in the group from 2 to 6 years and the majority were masculine for 63,6 %. The increase of volume of the parotid gland accompanied of pain, were presented in all infants. The laboratory examinations did not demonstrate significance alterations. There was no significant difference in the time of evolution between the two groups. Conclusions: the study demonstrated that only the support therapy may become in a scheme of treatment enough to reduce episodes of infantile recurrent parotiditis.

Keywords : PAROTITIS [therapy]; PRODUCTS WITH ANTIMICROBIAL ACTION; CHILD; INFLAMATION; CLINICAL TRUAL.

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