The mumps vaccine was introduced in 1967 and since, the mortality rate has been drastically reduced. Between 1980 and 1999, an average of one death per year has occurred due to mumps. Most deaths occur in persons older than 19 years. In short, mumps CAN be lethal, but it is a very rare occurrence.

No mumps can not cause death but you should contact your local doctor.

Yes it can be. That is one reason there is a vaccine against it and required for children to take it.

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Can mumps kill

Anonymous

∙ 16y ago

Updated: 9/7/2023

Yes, it is very rarely fatal by causing a brain infection (encephalitis). It also can cause severe inflammation of the testicles leading to sterility, spontaneous abortion among pregnant women and loss of hearing. The current vaccine called MMR has almost complete protection against the virus causing mumps.

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∙ 12y ago

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Can mumps kill you?

UNFOTUNATELY-Mumps can kill you

How does mumps kills?

the mumps could kill you

How many people did mumps kill?

Very, very few people die from the mumps; less than 50 in the US each year. Getting the mumps used to be very common, but now there are less then 1,000 cases in the US each year. Rarely any mumps cases are deadly.Only about 70 people die each year from mumps

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.

Is mumps an std?

Mumps is not a STD.

What people get mumps?

all people can get the mumps

What is the name of th pathogen that causes mumps?

Mumps is caused by Mumps virus (MuV).

What is the Tagalog term for mumps?

Tagalog Translation of MUMPS: beke

Are men the only ones who can get mumps?

No. Mumps affects your salivary gland. They are present in both the sexes. Mumps has nothing to do with your sex.

Do antibiotics treat measles?

Certainly not, Mumps is caused by a virus attacking the parotid gland (gland situated in the neck which explains the neck swelling), antibiotics kill bacteria so it is meaningless to prescribe antibiotics to treat mumps but .. Comonly patients acquire bacterial infections while having mumps mostly due to the weakened body immune system caused by the mumps itself, so doctors tend to prescribe antibiotics to treat the bacterial infection and not the mumps, but in normal cases antibiotics are not advised during mump infection because antibiotics kill the normal useful bacterial that every person have which itself help in killing the mump virus. Pharmacist Imad ...

How was mumps first used?

Mumps wasn't used as anything. Mumps is a disease, and was at first very lethal.

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