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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Mumps is a contagious disease that is caused by a virus. It typically starts with a few days of fever, headache, muscle aches, tiredness, and loss of appetite. Then most people will have swelling of their salivary glands (often referred to as parotitis when the parotid gland, located in front and below the ear, swells). This is what causes the puffy cheeks and a tender, swollen jaw.

Even though the vaccine has drastically reduced mumps cases, outbreaks still occur. Outbreaks have most commonly occurred among groups of people who have prolonged, close contact, such as sharing water bottles or cups, kissing, practicing sports together, or living in close quarters, with a person who has mumps. Some vaccinated people may still get mumps if they are exposed to the virus. However, disease symptoms are milder in vaccinated people.

Make sure you are protected against mumps with measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine.

See Mumps Cases and Outbreaks.

MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella) vaccine is the best way to protect against mumps.

Has your young child received the MMR vaccine?

Some preteens, teens, and adults need the MMR vaccine

Your health department may recommend that some people at increased risk for mumps get an additional dose during an outbreak

Learn about mumps

If you think you or someone in your family may have mumps, let your doctor know right away.

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Mumps is a contagious disease caused by a virus that spreads from person to person. Typical symptoms of mumps include swollen salivary glands and a fever.

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Mumps is a contagious disease that is caused by a virus. It typically starts with fever, headache, muscle aches, tiredness, and loss of appetite. Then most people will have swelling of the salivary glands. This is the cause of puffy cheeks and tender jaw that most people associate with mumps.
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Mumps is caused by a virus called paramyxovirus, which is a member of the rubulavirus family.
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Diagnosis:
There are two tests that can be performed to see if a person has mumps. One of the tests is an antibody test which checks to see if you have antibodies specific to fighting mumps apparent. The other test that can be performed is a culture test which simply confirms the presence of the mumps virus.
Treatment:
There is no treatment that is specific to mumps. The common recovery time is between 3-10 days. Some actions that can be taken to ease the symptoms are rest, pain relievers, a cold or warm cloth for the affected areas, and fluids.

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CDC website

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Fever
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Muscle Ache

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1. Vaccination: The best way to protect against mumps is to get the MMR vaccine. The MMR vaccine requires two doses, one at 12 - 15 months of age and the second dose between 4 and 6 years old.
2. Prevention: Mumps is spread through droplets that are often spread through coughing or sneezing. If you suspect that you may have mumps or someone you near have mumps, you can use a mask to help contain any virus droplets released.
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Focus on mumps outbreak in South Africa - YouTube

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Mumps (parotitis) and other salivary glands conditions: sialadenitis, sialolithiasis, mucocele ©

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Kow-Tong Chen is a part-time professor at National Cheng Kung University
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Due to an increase in the number of cases of mumps throughout the United States health officials are brainstorming new ways to keep this virus at bay. Even though a majority of the United States is vaccinated for the mumps virus there is some discussion if the vaccine slowly loses its potency over time. Because of this uncertainty, the idea of requiring a third dose of the MMR vaccine is being floated around.
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