What causes salivary gland stones, and how are they removed? 

When I play the lottery I never win, but when it comes to be one of the 60 people out of a million to get this, I somehow win first prize. fml

shoutout to everyone dealing with this. It's annoying pain.

Literally just had the problem over the course of 4 days, and I was desperate for a cure, but did not want to go to the doctor. So after googling. I chose to swish very warm salt water right around the area of the stone. Also massaged the area. Drink straight lemon juice, I did press on the stone with my tongue, you may not have to do this part, but that's what I did. Drank as much water as I could. I had spaghetti for dinner, and couldn't eat it all bc the pain was so horrible, but I think it also helped to induce saliva...and I woke up in the middle of the night and the stone was out! I felt so relieved. Hope this helps someone. Because I understand the pain.

I just dislodged a little white stone from my gland myself. No doctors needed👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Thank you for explaining about what causes the salivary gland stones and what can be done.

I've had 10 over the years all in the left duct. I've now learnt how to get them to pop out. After having so many I had an ultrasound and if seems the duct on the left has a much smaller opening than the right one. I actually knew when one had come out because I got a huge spray of saliva all of a sudden and I could see the hole where it had come out inside my cheek. Suck a piece of lemon whilst you have one and you go through the roof with the pain and throbbing. If you don't want serious pain avoid all sour and sharp foods. The mouth will produce even more saliva backed up in the duct where the stone has blocked the salivas exit.

Thank you for this very informative video! That paralysis-part makes me feel a little uncomfortable, though...

So helpful, thanks.

I’ve been have one for almost 2 years

My lymph nodes starts to swell when i was elementary and i keep on pressing and squeezing it to get off but it does not back to normal size it become worst until i was in my 2nd year in college my salivary gland swell until i couldn't eat well so i decided to consult a doctor and had a biopsy on my salivary glands and fortunately it was not cancerous and the doctor gives me antibiotics and it heals it becomes normal again and after several years it swell again and there was pus coming out in my salivary glads but i just ignore it bcoz im afraid to have consultation again .Honestly it gives me bad breath because of the pus 😕5 years ago since i went to my doctor and decided to consult again just this month (im already 23) and he said that it has stone it should be rid off and gives me antibiotics. But because of the Pandemic Covid-19 i was not yet able to do my operation. Praying and hoping that everything will be fine soon🙏 God bless as all!

thank you madam for u r valuable information.Can i know the cost to remove the salivary stones

I currently have one had it for 2 months now it’s so painful I never can sleep or nothing cry everyday!!!

thank you this is helpful

Do these occur under the tongue. My primary care doctor didn't seem to know much about them. When I ssaid my tongue was swollen and she looked under it just said she was surprised. (??? what does that mean?) Trying to get rid of it without seeing ENT but nothing seems to be working.

I'm a cancer patient and there were certain meds you put under your tongue. I always assumed that's why I got one. It only happened once and I honestly thought it was an alien implant. It was long, super skinny and curved at the end like a witches fingernail. Totally freaked me out so bad.

Hello could you get more than one blocked gland at both sides of your mouth Thank you Peter

I had this problem in 2012. I had a surgery & doctors removed one of my gland. Don't know they did right or not. I am fine now but I strongly feel that there could have been a better way to deal with it. I had a surgery with full anesthesia & it lasted couple of hours I believe. It took me few months to recover completely.

If it is a stone suck on lemon drops. I had one the size of a grain of rice. I push on the lump. It emerged at the opening under my tongue. I pulled it out with tweezers. I get swelling when I eat strawberries.

Unbelievable pain. Dealing with my second one at the moment. I am well hydrated too. Drink water all the time.

D. How can recognise it from cancer?

I've had one for almost 4 months now. I broke into pieces a few weeks ago one night. Now all the pieces move around and right now they're stuck in my throat making me gag constantly. I've been eating cough drops for a month now and dont have insurance. just hoping they come out

I have this little demon 2 times, seems like 1 a year. Its crazy i can just smell the food and my glands would swell up and get hard for at least 20 minutes. My ENT told me its from dehydration and to suck on lemon heads.

Would like to know all the causes so we could avoid them.

Yes I'm from USA dealing with stones for 3 years passed 4 on my own now blocked again I want to know how to stop this from happening again

God i think i need to see a doctor to check if i have a stone or something else. Whenever i take a first bite, or even just a flavoured drink the parotid area, especially the right side starts hurting like I've been punched there. The pain goes away in less than a minute and does vary in levels but my god it sucks. I've been on a first date and it flared up when i started eating which wasn't great as a first impression. I've had this for over a year and thought it was a minor issue that was probably mental but now I'm seeing more information that it could be physical

I’ve had at least 4 or 5 of these in the last 10 years ive also had kidney stones at least 4 times too. I have surgery scheduled for next week to have a salivary stone and my submandibular glad removed too, not sure how all of this is going to go😬

I suffer from these and my cure works . I get in the shower and flush the gland area both on the outside of the neck and inside the gland area with hot water from my hand held shower rose then I push hard on the neck gland lump to pop them out and any built up puss present . Also running am electric toothbrush head around the bottom of the Tung helps .

Hi, I’m hoping you can answer, because google was unable to give an answer. Is it possible to remove both Submandibular glands? Thank you.

Finally am somewhat special!

I have had it many times and I know how to get rid of it fast. 1- The harder you squeeze it and play with, the worse it becomes TRUST ME 2- LEave it alone dont even play with it with your tongue 3- you will notice after few mintues, the pressure goes away a bit thats a good sign, Leave it 4- Now with your tounge gently push slowly (massage a bit) the middle of the vain or whatever that thing and push it toward the tip to let the stones out. 5- Once the first white part goes out a bit, keep doing it until all of a sudden they all flush out. Done I should make a video better. Ill wait for when it happens and ill do it for you guys haha

I've just been getting a bubble/bump or two under my tongue, but all the doctors I've visited have said that it's not serious and there's no stone or anything. But this bubble just keeps popping then reappearing in the same spot randomly, will this keep happening until my surgery near the end of the year?

Had this happen to me for the first time like 5 years ago and it was really bad. The gland itself was super swollen and the end of the duct kept getting blocked and the duct tube would fill up and push out so far from under my tongue that it would touch my teeth! Eventually I used my tongue to crimp at the base and push towards the end and eventually it popped out, but I have had stones ever since and my gland is always larger than it was and is always a little sore to the touch even at the best of times (I feel the gland itself must have blockages and the ones that get to my duct are pieces that break out of the gland).

I developed this problem after a traumatic event 😢I remember feeling like my mouth went completely dry and I haven’t been able to recover, I’m embarrassed, it’s changed how I look.

Recently have gotten a small gland stone just wondering how they can be removed.

I've got a saliva stone and notice that my teeth were turning black. Does saliva stone can cause a tooth decay.??

Can it cause dysphasia?

I had this happen for the first time in October right after I had COVID. Now it has happened again. Should I go back to my ENT? Will this keep happening? I always stay hydrated, I would love to know what’s causing this. The left side of my face is swollen again and it hurts so much, especially when I eat.

Mine came out from under my tongue. Very tiny and salty taste x Swelling reducing x

i think i have something like this now, it is bloody painful I can barely move my tongue.

I got them operated out and after 3 years they started accumulating again... giving unbearable pain along with swelling. One trait of these stones that I've observed so far is that we shouldn't touch them with so much pressure again and again. All you have to do is to eat some saliva inducing food and after the gland got filled with saliva it will build pressure then just leave it alone and after some time when the pressure reduces slightly massage the area and they will flush out by themselves.

Have anyone have Lil ball with clear liquid in the mouth. I have been getting those for past 2 years and lately I had them for a week on and off they only last a day but comes back and now my jaw hurts and the side of my cheek and I feel I have a ball in my throat

I was suffering with stone in sliva gland from 5 years ,but when the pain was not undercontrol,then I went to hospital to operate. Now I am very happy and have forgotten the pain of dirty stone

Hello do you do that kind of surgery???? Where are you located???

I thought I was the only one experiencing such pains. It's been 7 years and no doctor got it right, sometimes after injection I'd go through so much pain and pale liquid would come out under my tongue when I squeeze the swollen area. I really need help guys I'm in South Africa

Is it curable by medications

I think I have it !

Mine is not in the duct but in the actual gland...Sometimes I can feel it and it feels like it's about the size of a pea...Would it still be easy enough to go all the way to the inside of the gland?

When I smoke I get weird burning feeling or something but it’s hard to explain Also I get a lot of saliva do u know what this could be

I had one. Doctor gave me antibiotics and it burst and was gone.

ok that happened mildly to me today. i squeezed it out. but it was tiny. slight sting though but my saliva shot out after it. weird experience. had to look it up. thanks

I got big one removed. About 4cm long. Before its become stone the pain was terrible. Once its crystallize and turn to stone no more pain and i feel im having new teeth under my tongue 😅

I have one in my upper salivary gland right now...swollen cheek so painful

Please one of my gland produce bitter taste please help 😭😭

I’ve had it three days straight now, like it hasn’t settled it’s still swollen even when I sleep. This shit is annoying

It always happens to me when i go on holiday to a hot country. I randomly suck really hard as though im suckling on a non existent sweet, like realllyyyy hard, then it'll just all come out like puss, followed by a lil blood. The funny thing is, its been happening for the last 7 years and only today i found out what salivary stones are 🙄🤦🏻‍♂️; dispite trying to search the cause

Do they cause teeth and jaw pain because my dentist doesn’t find anything wrong with me. But I feel so much pain in my jaw face bottom teeth and I feel a numb next to my cheek bottom of gums.

I have this now stone glands

I have salivary stones and I wish I had a doctor for them. Wellsville, Kansas, USA

I'm sick and I drank Gatorade in the morning now I have gland stones

I think I've got one

I had one here's a pic of the surgery

Hey Mam... Plz answer me of this question.?ASAP A PERSON IS SUFFERING FROM SLIVARY DUCTS STONES. So whenever he looks to delecious food sudden pain starts in salivary ducts/or oral cavity WHY?

I had wisdom teeth extraction about 8 days ago and now I'm dealing with a stone right next to my socket. FML. 😒

Why can you not use ultra sound waves like a kidney stones.

I have ate a sour sweet and i got a sharp pain in gland. Is that a stone.

I’m 12 ind I’ve had 3 in the space of 9 months

I ate a lemon drop and it almost killed me

I dont have money to go to the doctor,,i am suffering this every year..its so very painful,,i cant sleep at night because of this😭

60 people per million.. hmm why am i not this lucky when it comes to lottery

DO NOT mess with the stones, all the facial nerves are located right there. Do not take the chance of freezing your entire face because you messed with a nerve! Go see an ENT.

No gland removal for me. Risks are too high.

Can this be very serious? Can it cause cancer if not treated ?

The stones are choking me as they get lodged in the throat…I am miserable. Its worse when i sleep and eat..: two of my pleasures gone… any advice on managing them would be appreciated

Of course I'm the one with this shit out off 1000000 people of course I'm the 60

2:31, oh, interesting

....and!....how this differs from "Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma"?!....?!...

I have this right now. Hurts like a bitch 😢

Ahhh' haa"

No sound. This sucks.

I've got a saliva stone and notice that my teeth were turning black. Does saliva stone can cause a tooth decay.??