Mumps

I assume that if someone around you has mumps, you should be able to get an appointment to check your blood to see if you have caught the mumps. The reason for that is because everyones body reacts different and scientists need blood to determine weather the body will reject or take the vaccine. I hope I gave you an idea of the most possible answer.

The parotid gland is the largest of the salivary glands. It is found wrapped around the mandibular ramus, and it secretes saliva through Stensen's duct into the oral cavity, to facilitate mastication and swallowing.

Parotid inflammation (or parotitis) occurs in 60-70% of infections and 95% of patients with symptoms. Parotitis causes swelling and local pain, particularly when chewing. It can occur on one side (unilateral) or both sides (bilateral).

Can Mumps cause permanent sterility?

The MMR Vaccine contains tiny doses of living but inactivated viruses that cause measles, mumps and rubella. Once these viruses are injected into the body, the immune system will develop certain antibodies against these three diseases shortly following vaccination. Because your body has memory cells it now knows how to defeat these diseases when they enter the body again, and it will know which certain antibodies it needs to produce; these antibodies in your body will give a lifelong protection against these diseases.

Yes, an older adult can contract mumps, although it is more common in children. Mumps is caused by a viral infection and can affect individuals of any age, especially those who are not vaccinated or have not previously had the disease. Symptoms include swelling of the salivary glands, fever, and muscle aches. Vaccination with the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine is the most effective way to prevent mumps.

If a grown man catches it, yes, it is possible.

No. It's caused by a viral infection in the salivary glands.

You are supposed to stay inside for say ten days. So that you should not spread the disease and get the rest. But you have already spread the disease from about one week, before you contracted the mumps.

Molluscum is spread by skin-to-skin contact. It won't be spread by swimming pool water.

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.

Various cells are involved. The varicella-zoster virus enters through the respiratory system. Then it is found in the lymph nodes 4-6 days later the virus enters the cells of the spleen and liver. After a week the virus travels to the viscera and skin, causing the typical skin markings.

yes. I am working on mumps virus mediated infertility.

It possible, patients those who developed orchitis during mumps infection. You can confirm by semen analysis, testing testosteron level and virus isolation during orchitis period. other possible reason should be negative.

I have seen many infertility cases had adult mumps infection before marriage and dint develop orchitis.

Jeevan Malayan

Department of Microbiology

Chennai, India.

The mortality rate of chickenpox is 0.0014% of death when an adult and even lower when a child. Chickenpox rarely causes death. This disease is more severe in adults than children. Nevertheless it can cause death, at times, especially in patients who are compromised immunologically.

Mumps is a virus, that is why you should have received a vaccine for this as a child. You certainly received one if you attended public school in the United States because it is a requirement for all children to be vaccinated before being enrolled.

There are a handful of illnesses one can only contract once, including the mumps, chicken pox, and mono.

After fighting of a sickness once, your immune system knows how to kill it and can automatically do away with it the next time you are exposed. The reason you can get the cold and the flu more than once is because they are two illnesses that are constantly mutating, making it impossible for your immune system to "memorize" how to defeat them.

Hope that helped.

~{Insomniac Platypus}~

This is incorrect, mumps and chicken pox you can both have more than once. It is rare for this to happen, but it can happen.

This is in high part true but then again I am one of the current people who have suffered the mumps more than once. In fact, I currently am.

From eMedicine Pediatrics:

"Death due to mumps is rare; more than half of the fatalities occur in persons older than 19 years.

Mumps encephalitis occurrence ranges as high as 5 cases per 1000 reported mumps cases, and males are affected 3-5 times more frequently than females. Permanent sequelae are rare, but the reported encephalitis case-fatality rate has averaged 1.4%.

Approximately 10% of all infected patients develop a mild form of meningitis, which could be confused with bacterial meningitis. Encephalitis, transient myelitis, or polyneuritis is rare. Unilateral hearing loss is associated with mumps infection but is also rare.

Orchitis occurs in 10-20% of patients; subsequent sterility is rare. Oophoritis is quite rare and is usually a benign inflammation of the ovaries. Other rare complications include myocarditis, nephritis, arthritis, thyroiditis, pancreatitis, thrombocytopenia purpura, mastitis, and pneumonia. These usually resolve within 2-3 weeks without sequelae."

probably not - eye damage?

Very slight. The disease is generally self-limiting and resolves by itself.

MMR is usually given subcutaneously.
Live attenuated parenteral vaccines such as MMR are recommended by the manufacturers to be administered via the subcutaneous route. However, the efficacy of this vaccine is probably not adversely affected by the intramuscular rather than subcutaneous route. In addition, it is unnecessary to repeat doses of vaccine administered by the intramuscular route rather than by the subcutaneous route.
yes

There is no specific treatment for mumps. It is a self-limiting disease. Symptoms may be relieved by the application of intermittent ice or heat to the affected neck area and by acetaminophen/paracetamol (Tylenol) for pain relief. Aspirin use is discouraged in young children because of studies showing an increased risk of Reye's syndrome. Warm salt water gargles, soft foods, and extra fluids may also help relieve symptoms. Patients are advised to avoid fruit juice or any acidic foods, since these stimulate the salivary glands, which can be painful.

The disease has been around since ancient times, and grew to epidemic proportions
in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Mumps is first described in the writings of the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates, who wrote during the 5th century B.C. He described the symptoms of the disease,
namely the swelling of the face and the throat, as well as the swelling of the testicles that affects some men who develop the illness.Epidemics of the mumps occurred during the 18th and 19th centuries. The outbreaks occurred worldwide, often in close quarters, such as military barracks, boarding schools, ships at sea and prisons. In World War I, mumps was the leading cause of French troops missing active duty.

No, the only infectious disease to have been completely eradicated by a coordinated vaccination program is smallpox.

Mumps is a contagious disease that is spread from person to person through contact with respiratory secretions such as saliva from an infected person. When an infected person coughs or sneezes, the droplets aerosolize and can enter the eyes, nose, or mouth of another person. Mumps can also be spread by sharing food and drinks. The virus can also survive on surfaces and then be spread after contact in a similar manner. A person infected with mumps is contagious from approximately 6 days before the onset of symptoms until about 9 days after symptoms start. The incubation period (time until symptoms begin) can be from 14-25 days but is more typically 16-18 days