Mumps is a common disease for children between the ages of 5 to 15 years old. It is usually characterized by swollen testicles or salivary glands, fever and headache. If your child complains from severe headache or drowsiness and easily vomits when exposed to sensitive light then your child might just be suffering from mumps.

What is mumps?

• It is caused by certain type of viruses of the genus Rubulavirus and is acquired when in contact or near a coughing or sneezing person infected with mumps.

• Its incubation period last 2 to 3 weeks and the infected remains infectious for about a week after the symptoms occurred.

• It can cause pain when chewing or swallowing if the swelling is in the front of the ear and under the chin.

• It can lead to meningitis and encephalitis.

How is it handled?

• Immunization is now common that mumps infections has become uncommon. Its immunization is given in combination with measles and rubeolla.

• There is no direct treatment for mumps, in the contrary treatment is focus on directly for pacifying the symptoms of this particular disease.

• It is advisable to serve the sufferer liquid-based meals since chewing for them is painful.

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