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Mumps are caused due to a virus attack on the salivary glands and the disease appears in about 2 weeks after exposure to the virus.
Maintain proper oral hygiene and clean the mouth with an antiseptic wash.
Take foods items rich in vitamin C or vitamin C supplements and nutritious diet with lot of fruits to boost immunity.
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∙ 9y agoBasically, it's like handing out photos of the bad guys to the police. Sure the police will be alerted to the murder afterwards, but the photos give the police a way to recognize and arrest the bad guys early. A vaccine tells the immune system to watch out for this virus, so when a healthy virus of the same type show up -- it's caught and eliminated. Vaccines typically use dead or "very sick" viruses to alert, thus minimizing the probability of infection.
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∙ 11y agoi dont know i want a scientist to answer the question and not a random persor
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∙ 12y agoGet an injection against it.
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How do you use mumps in a sentence?
"Jack caught mumps at the age of 3 and was in hospital for a long time." "It is important for all children to be vaccinated against mumps." "Josie is immune to mumps."
Why does a doctor not prescribe antibiotics if you have mumps?
Antibiotics are prescribed to treat bacterial infections. Mumps aren't caused by bacteria. Once someone has mumps, he/she is then naturally immune to it.
What organs do mumps affect?
The mumps affect your lymphnodes. They will become inflammed.
Why should you have the MMR vaccine?
because in make you immune to measles, mumps and rubella
Can you become immune to viruses?
You can.
In which common childhood disease do the biggest salivary glands become enlarged?
That would be mumps.
Is it possible to become infertile after having mumps?
If a grown man catches it, yes, it is possible.
Which of these illnesses causes the glands on the side of the face to swell up and become sore?
Mumps
Could an 85 year old contract mumps from a child who has just recently had an MMR vaccination?
An 85 year old is typically immune to mumps due to childhood exposure prior to widespread vaccination. There is no need to isolate a child recently immunized with MMR from elderly relatives.
Viral disease in which the parotid glands are swollen?
Mumps.
How do you pronounce mumps?
you pronounce the word mumps as : mumps, just as it's spelled.
How does a person become immune?
A person can become immune by being vaccinatedwhich helps the body to develop long-term immunity against a disease.
