What You Need To Know About Mumps

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What You Need To Know About Mumps
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Summary:
Mumps is a fairly contagious viral disease (although not as contagious as chickenpox) and is c

Generally speaking, most cases of mumps are in children aged from 5 to 14 years, although case

But fortunately, with the aid of modern medicine, a mumps vaccine can now be administered - bu

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Article Body:
Mumps is a fairly contagious viral disease (although not as contagious as chickenpox) and is c

Generally speaking, most cases of mumps are in children aged from 5 to 14 years, although case

But fortunately, with the aid of modern medicine, a mumps vaccine can now be administered - bu

Symptoms of mumps:
The other most common symptoms of mumps include:
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headache
fever with high temperature
loss of appetite
swelling and pain in the patotid glands
loss of appetite
stiff neck
drowsiness
nausea and vomiting.


These symptoms are not usually serious, but mumps can cause some other serious and rare compli

It is also noted that serious complications of mumps are more common among adults than amongst

Apart from the well known symptoms of swelling to either or both sides of the cheeks and neck,

Approximately 20-30% of infected people do not have any symptoms of mumps at all, and they are

Mumps is transmitted by airborne means or through direct contact with infected droplets or sal

Mumps being a virus, and like all viral diseases, mumps is not able to be treated with antibio
Normally the infection can simply be left to run its course, while the body’s defences fight o

Once you have had mumps, it is very rare that you can develop the disease again, because of th

Although a number of people are not keen on any form of vaccination for their children it is s

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