Parotitis is an inflammation of one or both parotid glands. Parotitis can be caused by viruses, bacteria, arthritis and diabetes among other things. The parotid gland is the largest of the salivary glands. ... A common alternate meaning of virus is computer virus. ... Phyla/Divisions Actinobacteria Aquificae Bacteroidetes/Chlorobi Chlamydiae/Verrucomicrobia Chloroflexi Chrysiogenetes Cyanobacteria Deferribacteres Deinococcus-Thermus Dictyoglomi Fibrobacteres/Acidobacteria Firmicutes Fusobacteria Gemmatimonadetes Nitrospirae Omnibacteria Planctomycetes Proteobacteria Spirochaetes Thermodesulfobacteria Thermomicrobia Thermotogae Bacteria is also the fictional name of a warring nation under Benzino Napaloni as dictator, in the 1940 film The Great Dictator... Arthritis (from Greek arthro-, joint + -itis, inflammation) is a group of conditions that affect the health of the bone joints in the body. ... This article is about the disease that features high blood sugar. ...

The most common viral cause of parotitis is mumps. The parotid glands may become infected with the different types of bacteria including the same one that causes tuberculosis. Chronic recurrent parotitis is a painful swelling after eating. Depending on the severity, it may require removal of the glands to relieve the condition. For the computer language of the same name, see MUMPS. Mumps or Epidemic parotitis is a viral disease of humans. ... Tuberculous lungs show up on an X-ray image Tuberculosis is an infection with the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which most commonly affects the lungs (pulmonary TB) but can also affect the central nervous system (meningitis), lymphatic system, circulatory system (miliary TB), genitourinary system, bones and joints. ...