mumps
Sign in to saveMumps is a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable viral disease caused by the mumps virus. Initial symptoms of mumps are non-specific and include fever, headache, malaise, muscle pain, and loss of appetite. These symptoms are usually followed by painful swelling around the side of the face (the parotid glands, called parotitis), which is the most common symptom of a mumps infection. Symptoms typically occur 16 to 18 days after exposure to the virus. About one-third of people with a mumps infection do not have any symptoms (asymptomatic).
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Mumps is a contagious viral disease that starts with fever and body aches, then typically progresses to painful swelling of the glands on the sides of the face. It matters because it's preventable through vaccination, though some infected people have no symptoms at all and can still spread the virus to others.
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Key facts
- Medical condition.name
- Mumps
- Medical condition.synonyms
- Epidemic parotitis
- Medical condition.field
- Infectious disease
- Medical condition.image
- Mumps PHIL 130 lores.jpg
- Medical condition.caption
- Child with mumps showing characteristic facial swelling
- Medical condition.symptoms
- Parotitis and non-specific symptoms such as fever, headache, malaise, muscle pain, and loss of appetite
- Medical condition.complications
- Deafness, inflammatory conditions such as orchitis, oophoritis, and pancreatitis, and rarely sterility
- Medical condition.onset
- 7–25 days after exposure
- Medical condition.duration
- Usually less than two weeks
- Medical condition.causes
- Mumps virus
- Medical condition.risks
- Exposure to someone with mumps
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19 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Resurgence
- Signs and symptoms
- Common symptoms
- Complications
- Cause
- Transmission
- Pathogenesis
- Immune response
- Diagnosis
- Prevention
- Treatment
- Prognosis
- Epidemiology
- Clinical age and immunity
- Settings of outbreaks
- References
- External links
Mumps is a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable viral disease caused by the mumps virus. Initial symptoms of mumps are non-specific and include fever, headache, malaise, muscle pain, and loss of appetite. These symptoms are usually followed by painful swelling around the side of the face (the parotid glands, called parotitis), which is the most common symptom of a mumps infection. Symptoms typically occur 16 to 18 days after exposure to the virus. About one-third of people with a mumps infection do not have any symptoms (asymptomatic).
Complications are rare but include deafness and a wide range of inflammatory conditions, of which inflammation of the testes, breasts, ovaries, pancreas, meninges, and brain are the most common. Viral meningitis can occur in 1/4 of people with mumps. Testicular inflammation may result in reduced fertility and, rarely, sterility.