A contagious viral infection caused by a paramyxovirus, Rubulavirus. It is spread by direct contact with objects contaminated by infected saliva or airborne infected droplets. It usually occurs in children under the age of 15, though may also occur in adults. It causes painful enlargement of the salivary glands and may affect other organs, especially in adults.
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Information about Mumps from the New York State Department of Health.
Article by Robert Felter, MD.
Article by Cem S Demirci, MD.
Features cause, symptoms, tests, and treatment.
Description, symptoms, prevention and treatment; aimed at parents.
Includes signs and symptoms, cause, diagnosis, prevention, and prognosis.
Information for patients on mumps, a virus infection which typically causes enlargement of the two salivary glands in the cheeks at the angle of the jaw.
Factsheet with cause, prevention, diagnosis, complications, symptoms, and treatment.
Facts about mumps for adults and children. Includes flowchart for neck swelling, prevention and screening information.
Provides information on this highly contagious viral infection. Includes a short video and details of symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatment, complications and prevention.
A time tested homemade remedy for the treatment of mumps.
Two infected airline passengers may have helped spread mumps from Iowa to several other Midwestern states, health officials say. The outbreak is the largest in 18 years. [3:55 streaming audio broadcast]
(April 13, 2006)
Information about Mumps from the New York State Department of Health.
Facts about mumps for adults and children. Includes flowchart for neck swelling, prevention and screening information.
Factsheet with cause, prevention, diagnosis, complications, symptoms, and treatment.
Description, symptoms, prevention and treatment; aimed at parents.
A time tested homemade remedy for the treatment of mumps.
Includes signs and symptoms, cause, diagnosis, prevention, and prognosis.
Provides information on this highly contagious viral infection. Includes a short video and details of symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatment, complications and prevention.
Article by Robert Felter, MD.
Article by Cem S Demirci, MD.
Features cause, symptoms, tests, and treatment.
Information for patients on mumps, a virus infection which typically causes enlargement of the two salivary glands in the cheeks at the angle of the jaw.
Two infected airline passengers may have helped spread mumps from Iowa to several other Midwestern states, health officials say. The outbreak is the largest in 18 years. [3:55 streaming audio broadcast]
(April 13, 2006)
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