The MMR vaccination should protect your child against mumps. However, some people still have doubts about the vaccination so this article may help you to decide whether your child should be vaccinated.
Most cases of mumps are in children aged from 5 to 14, although cases in young adults are on the increase.
Symptoms
The most common symptoms are:
– A high fever, with temperature peaking at around 103F/39.5C.
– Loss of appetite.
– Swelling and pain in the patotid glands which are situated between the ear and the jaw.
– After about one week, other symptoms to appear may include: headache, stiff neck, drowsiness, nausea and vomiting.
The swelling maybe uneven with either one or both sides of the face affected making the child look like a hamster with food in its cheeks.
In rare cases mumps can cause inflammation of the brain (encephalitis) and meningitis.
Mumps in adolescent males may result in the development of orchitis, a painful inflammation of the testicles that can, in rare cases, result in sterility. Before the advent of vaccination, whenever a child in the neighbourhood caught...
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