Mumps
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Summary
Mumps is an illness caused by the mumps virus. It starts with
- Fever
- Headache
- Muscle aches
- Tiredness
- Loss of appetite
After that, the salivary glands under the ears or jaw become swollen and tender. The swelling can be on one or both sides of the face. Symptoms last 7 to 10 days. Serious complications are rare.
You can catch mumps by being with another person who has it. There is no treatment for mumps, but the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine can prevent it.
Before the routine vaccination program in the United States, mumps was a common illness in infants, children and young adults. Now it is a rare disease in the U.S.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Symptoms
- Signs and Symptoms of Mumps (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Also in Spanish
Diagnosis and Tests
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Measles and Mumps Tests
(National Library of Medicine)
Also in Spanish
Prevention and Risk Factors
- Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) Vaccination: What Everyone Should Know (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- MMR (Measles, Mumps and Rubella) Vaccine: What You Need to Know (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - PDF Also in Spanish
- MMRV (Measles, Mumps, Rubella, and Varicella) Vaccine: What You Need to Know (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - PDF Also in Spanish
- Transmission of Mumps (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Also in Spanish
Related Issues
- Complications of Mumps (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Also in Spanish
- Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) Vaccine: Vaccine Safety (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Images
- Mumps Photos (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Also in Spanish
Statistics and Research
- Mumps Cases and Outbreaks (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Also in Spanish
Clinical Trials
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Mumps
(National Institutes of Health)
Journal Articles References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)
Men
- Orchitis (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
Women
- Measles, Mumps, Rubella and the MMR Vaccine during Pregnancy (Organization of Teratology Information Specialists) - PDF Also in Spanish
Adults
- Facts about Mumps for Adults (National Foundation for Infectious Diseases)
Patient Handouts
- MMR (Measles, Mumps and Rubella) Vaccine: What You Need to Know (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - PDF Also in Spanish
- MMRV (Measles, Mumps, Rubella, and Varicella) Vaccine: What You Need to Know (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - PDF Also in Spanish
- Mumps (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
- Mumps and the Vaccine (Shot) to Prevent It (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - PDF
- Orchitis (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish