Mumps Signs and Symptoms

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What are the symptoms of Mumps ?

Mumps is an acute, inflammatory disease caused by a virus known as paramyxovirus. It is usually characterized by swelling of the salivary glands, especially the parotids, and sometimes of the pancreas, ovaries, or testes. There is also a swelling in the cheeks and jaw, which is due to the inflammation of the salivary glands.

Mumps is a disease with a very long incubation period. It can range from 14 days to even 25 days. This means the symptoms of disease will be first seen after so many days of infection. The prodromal symptoms are nonspecific, and include myalgia, anorexia, malaise, headache, and low-grade fever.

The virus usually enters the body through nose and throat. You may start to feel symptoms as the virus multiplies and spreads to the brain and the membranes that cover it, glands, pancreas, testicles, ovaries, and other areas of the body.

Mumps is a highly contagious disease so can be easily spread by direct contact like exchanging saliva during kissing and sexual contact, airborne droplet nuclei and perhaps urine. The paramyxovirus becomes contagious (can be passed on to others) from about a week before the disease breaks out, which can make it difficult to track down the source of infection.

The main Symptoms of Mumps are given below:

The symptoms of mumps are fatigue, slight feverishness and a sore throat. Which may precede the swelling in your body and temperature upto 40°.There may be swelling of the testicles in males and the ovaries among females.
Main symptoms of mumps are given below:

• Sore Throat.
• Swelling of the parotid glands.
• Slight Feverishness (for two to three days).
• Loss of appetite.
• Headache.
• Fatigue.
• Dry mouth.
• Earache.
• Stiff neck.
• Nausea and vomiting.
• Lower Abdominal pain in Women.

Mumps is usually harmless and it's symptoms usually subside within ten days if starting infection.