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Mumps
Mumps is a contagious disease caused by the mumps virus that causes fever, tiredness, headaches and the swelling of various parts of the body. All questions concerning symptoms, causes, transmission, diagnosis, treatments and prevention can be found here.
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What does it mean when titer results for mmr rubeola mumps and varicella are very high?
That means your body has developed antibodies in response to either an immunization or actual infection from the disease. You have been exposed and are now immune.
What disease does mumps cause?
Mumps (epidemic parotitis) is a viral disease caused by the mumps virus. It 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.
You can prevent mumps by getting a vacine shot when your young.
What is the difference between measles and mumps?
Measles and mumps are caused by two different viruses and usually affect different organs. Measles usually show with a skin rash while mumps affect the salivary glands near the ear. It can also affect the testicles.
yeah but its like chivcken pox if u have had them once u cant have them again
yes you can die from mumps but it very uncommon, only about 50 people in the US die each year.
Is the mumps disease form a provirus?
No. The mumps virus is an enveloped single-stranded, linear negative-sense RNA virus of the Rubulavirus genus and Paramyxovirus family.
What to do during incubation of mumps?
If one has been exposed to mumps, they will be asymptomatic during the incubation period. This period usually lasts about two weeks but can be as long as 25 days. During this time, one can mostly carry on life as usual but should take care to avoid contact with immunocompromised people or with very young children.
Why are mumps dangerous for boys?
One of the things that mumps can do is it can cause orchitis (inflammation and swelling of the testicles), which can lead to infertility, loss of one or both testicles, and possibly severe illness or death.
It is a virus and it is contagious.
Most people living in developed countries have been immunized against it (mumps is one of the "M's" in the MMR vaccine) so will have some resistance and probably will not get it even if exposed. While immunization makes catching it less likely it is still possible to get even if you have had the shots. If you have not been immunized or if you have a problem with your immune system then it is highly contagious.
Do antibiotics help in curing mumps?
Mumps is caused by a virus. Viruses are not affected by antibiotics. The word antibiotic means against (anti-) life (bio-). Viruses are not living but are infectious particles. Some times antibiotics are used because there may be another infection caused by a bacteria involved at the same time.
What is it when you have sore testis after having mumps?
This testicular inflammation is generally one-sided (both testicles are swollen in 15–30% of mumps orchitis cases and typically occurs about 10 days after the parotid gland. Testicular swelling has been documented as late as six weeks after parotid gland swelling. Decreased fertility is an uncommon consequence of testicular inflammation from mumps and infertility is rare.
What are the body systems that the mumps attack?
the salivary glands..sorry im not tha much of a help..but o well.
When and who created the antibiotics for the flu fevercold chickenpox and the mumps?
Flu, cold, chickenpox, and mumps are viral and aren't treated with antibiotics.
