Mumps (Paediatrics)

Acute

What is Mumps?

Mumps is an illness caused by a virus. It usually affects the glands on each side of the face. These glands, called parotid glands, make saliva. Swollen glands may be tender or painful.

  • Discomfort in the salivary glands (in the front of the neck) or the parotid glands (immediately in front of the ears).
  • Difficulty chewing.
  • Pain and tenderness of the testicles.
  • Fever.
  • Headache.
  • Muscle aches.
  • Tiredness.
  • Meningitis or encephalitis. Inflammation of the membrane that covers the brain and spinal cord or inflammation of the brain.
  • Orchitis. Inflammation of one or both testicles.
  • Mastitis. Inflammation of breast tissue.
  • Parotitis.
  • Oophoritis.
  • Pancreatitis.
  • Deafness.

Mumps is caused by a type of germ called a virus. When someone has mumps, the virus is in saliva. Coughing or sneezing can release tiny droplets with the virus into the air. You can get the virus by breathing in tiny droplets

Risk factors for mumps include immunodeficiency, international travel and lack of vaccination

Vaccination is the best way to prevent mumps and mumps complications. This vaccine is included in the combination measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) and measles-mumps-rubella-varicella (MMRV) vaccines.

How is it diagnosed?

How is it diagnosed?

There's currently no cure for mumps, but the infection should pass within 1 or 2 weeks. Treatment is used to relieve symptoms and includes: getting plenty of bed rest and fluids. using painkillers, such as ibuprofen and paracetamol – aspirin should not be given to children under 16.

How is it treated?

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There's currently no cure for mumps, but the infection should pass within 1 or 2 weeks. Treatment is used to relieve symptoms and includes: getting plenty of bed rest and fluids. using painkillers, such as ibuprofen and paracetamol – aspirin should not be given to children under 16.

 

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