# Spit stones **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 9, 2021, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spit-stones/932547 "2021-02-09T19:16:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spit-stones/932547/1 "2021-02-09T19:16:47Z")
Ever had ‘em? Like kidney stones, only in your salivary glands…They can block the gland so that when you go to eat something, your mouth tries to provide saliva, but instead of saliva you get a big swollen lump around your lower jaw because all the saliva is prevented from entering your mouth. Might hurt or tingle. The human body is weird. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spit-stones/932547/2 "2021-02-09T19:50:30Z")
Oddly appropriate avatar… ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spit-stones/932547/3 "2021-02-09T19:54:04Z")
Funny. I just mentioned yesterday that the one side effect I get from Imitrex is an intense burning sensation in my salivary glands. It only happens when I take Imitrex, and the effect fades after a few hours. Don’t think its salivary stones though. ---
**Author:** ![allyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@allyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/allyn)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spit-stones/932547/4 "2021-02-09T22:09:22Z")
I used to get them occasionally but haven’t in a long while. > **[Sialolithiasis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sialolithiasis)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > Sialolithiasis (also termed salivary calculi, or salivary stones) is a crystallopathy where a calcified mass or sialolith forms within a salivary gland, usually in the duct of the submandibular gland (also termed "Wharton's duct"). Less commonly the parotid gland or rarely the sublingual gland or a minor salivary gland may develop salivary stones. > The usual symptoms are pain and swelling of the affected salivary gland, both of which get worse whe...