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“Facial swelling is frequently your body triggering an immune response to help fight an allergy or an infection,” says Linda Lee, M.D., FACS, assistant professor of otolaryngology–head and neck ...

Swollen glands below the ears are a classic sign of mumps There ... However, the overriding impression is that the distinctive "hamster face" appearance of the illness has influenced its name.