Mumps, Causes, Signs and Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment.
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Published 2018-12-05
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0:00 Introduction
0:18 Causes of Mumps
1:12 Signs and Symptoms of Mumps
1:58 Diagnosis of Mumps
2:34 Treatment of Mumps
Mumps is a viral disease caused by the mumps virus. Initial signs and symptoms often include fever, muscle pain, headache, poor appetite, and feeling tired.This is then usually followed by painful swelling of one or both parotid salivary glands.Symptoms typically occur 16 to 18 days after exposure and resolve after seven to ten days.Symptoms in adults are often more severe than in children.About a third of people have mild or no symptoms.Complications may include meningitis (15 percent), pancreatitis (four percent), inflammation of the heart, permanent deafness, and testicular inflammation which uncommonly results in infertility.Women may develop ovarian swelling but this does not increase the risk of infertility.
Mumps is highly contagious and spreads rapidly among people living in close quarters.The virus is transmitted by respiratory droplets or direct contact with an infected person.Only humans get and spread the disease.People are infectious to each other from about seven days before the start of symptoms to about eight days after.Once an infection has run its course, a person is typically immune for life. Reinfection is possible but the ensuing infection tends to be mild. Diagnosis is usually suspected due to parotid swelling and can be confirmed by isolating the virus on a swab of the parotid duct.Testing for IgM antibodies in the blood is simple and may be useful; however, it can be falsely negative in those who have been immunized.
All Comments (21)
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Anyone else get the Mumps after having Covid? I never had the Mumps as a child, but they are very painful as an adult! 😭
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I hope this is what i have, all the symptoms add up, the right side of my jaw is swollen, i went to the ER hospital because of the pain, and they scared the bleep out of me saying it could be a cist, tumor, or even worst cancer, i got on my knees crying, i'm in my mid 30's, hell naw, but after seeing this video and my family telling me it's most Lickly mumps, i feel like i have a second chance at life, perfect sign I need to stop smoking...
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Thanks very much! Very well explained!
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Beautiful explanation
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Short and sweet
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Very helpful, thank you
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Very good video. Very clear and well explained.
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Funfact: most of them watched this when they had the symptoms
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43 years old & have "Adult Mumps", was immunised, don't know how I got it, wore a mask everywhere because of Covid, but still caught it 😥 . Just found this channel, subbed for sure!!! Thank you for your explanations I don't need a Medical Degree to understand
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Thank you very much 🥰
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According to my mother’s notes I had mumps, measles and chicken pox but I don’t remember any of it. I had a vaccine for something when I was a toddler which would have been 1957. I think that was for TB. I don’t have the scar because they placed it on the back of my shoulder so I wouldn’t scratch at it. I had a polio vaccine at some point and a booster for it when I was a teen.
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Thank you very amazing😍
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this virus has spread all the way in my school and just noticed i got it today
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Nice
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Thanks very good but i have a question (is medicine the solution for this virus or what should we do if we will infected by this virus? I am so thankful for you answer ❤️🌼
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I have mumps atm... And swollen up bigggg... Bt since you said hamsterlike...i felt a little adorable...😁😁😁
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I have mumps , the pain is unbearable, I don’t cry, but I woke up and cried last last because the pain was too much ,
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I caught mumps in jan. I gave it to my whole family. :)
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Hi there, I am Mannu from india , I got infertility problem because of mumps, please suggest me what do I do now
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Thank you
