Research Article
Clinical Features of Idiopathic Parotid Pain Triggered by the First Bite in Japanese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Case Study of Nine Patients
Table 3
Characteristics of postprandial pain among patients with idiopathic parotid pain.
| Case | Pain site | Pain intensity (NRS: 0–10) | Pain quality | Pain duration (minutes) | Onset of pain after meal (minutes) |
| 1 | Preauricular region | 9 | Stabbing | 2 | 5–10 | 2 | Parotid, preauricular, and occipital region (right side) | 6 | Smarting | 5 | 1-2 | 3 | Parotid, preauricular, and occipital region | 10 | Burning | 10 | 2-3 | 4 | Absent | | | | | 5 | Parotid, preauricular, and temporal region | 10 | Pricking | 10 | 5–10 | 6 | Parotid region | 7 | | 10 | 5–10 | 7 | Absent | | | | | 8 | Parotid and temporal region | 8 | Stabbing | 30 | 1-2 | 9 | Absent | | | | |
|
|
data; NRS, numerical rating scale. |