A specific infectious febrile disorder characterized by a nonsuppurative inflammation of the parotid glands, and sometimes causing inflammation of the testes or ovaries; also called epidemic parotitis or infectious parotitis. It is caused by infection with a paramyxovirus.
An contagious disease occurring mainly in childhood marked by swelling in front of the ears. Can be prevented through childhood immunization.
Mild, contagious, viral disease that causes painful swelling of the salivary glands. Other symptoms may include fever, headache and sore throat. Rarely, other organs may become involved, including testicles, ovaries, pancreas, breasts or brain.
a viral infection which causes swelling of the salivary glands.
A viral infection that causes the salivary glands, especially the parotid gland, to swell.
The Condition"...Mumps is spread from person to person through direct contact with saliva or discharges from the nose and throat of infected persons..."
A contagious viral disease with fever and swelling of the parotid gland and the salivary glands.
a viral infection that causes inflammation of salivary glands; primarily affects children
A viral disease of childhood characterized by swelling of the parotid (salivary) glands and fever.
The Condition"Mumps is a very contagious infection of one or more of the salivary glands and is caused by the mumps virus..."
an acute contagious viral disease characterized by fever and by swelling of the parotid glands
A viral disease that causes swelling of the salivary glands in the neck, making swallowing difficult. Other symptoms include headaches, fever and earaches. Mumps can cause severe complications and children should be immunized against it.
a virus that lives in the mouth, nose, and throat can be transmitted when an infected person cough, sneezes, talks, or touches someone else; symptoms include fever, headache, and swollen glands under the jaw; childhood immunization is the best form of prevention.
Mumps is a viral disease characterised by fever, headache, and inflammation of the salivary glands. It may lead to complications such as meningitis. The MMR vaccine can protect against mumps.
An acute communicable viral disease, usually manifests by painful enlargements of the saliva glands but frequently affecting other tissue.
A viral disease characterized by fever, headache, and inflammation of the salivary glands. May lead to complications such as meningitis. MMR vaccine is recommended.
Mumps is an acute viral illness and usually presents with inflammation of the salivary glands, particularly the parotid glands (salivary glands near the ears). This illness can also cause inflammation of other tissues, most frequently the covering and substance of the central nervous system (meningoencephalitis), next the pancreas (pancreatitis) and especially after adolescence, the ovary (oophoritis) and the testis (orchitis). The mature testis is particularly susceptible to damage from mumps which can lead to infertility. Oestrogen A female sex hormone produced by the ovaries. Oestrogen is responsible for the development of the secondary feminine sex characteristics, which include breasts, rounded hips, and pubic hair. Together with progesterone, oestrogen regulates the changes that occur with each monthly period and prepares the uterus for pregnancy.
a sudden illness caused by the virus paramyxovirus. It is spread by direct contact as well as by airborne droplets and saliva. Since 1967 the mumps vaccine (MMR, or measles, mumps and rubella) has helped cases decline in the United States. Symptoms include inflamed salivary glands (causing a child to have full cheeks like a chipmunk), inflamed tissues of the central nervous system (brain and spine), and an inflamed pancreas. Mumps in a child who has gone through adolescence tends to affect the ovary and the testes, which can lead to infertility.
A viral illness characterized by fever, headache, and inflammation of the salivary glands that can lead to complications, including meningitis. The MMR vaccine, first given between 12 and 15 months, protects against mumps.
a very contagious viral disease, common in children, causes swelling of the salivary glands. All children should receive mumps vaccine.
Infectious disease. You should not have a vaccination against mumps if you are having chemotherapy as the vaccine is live.
an acute and highly contagious viral illness that usually occurs in childhood. Spread by airborne droplets from the upper respiratory tract, the disease usually takes two to three weeks to appear.
An acute (sudden, shortlived) viral illness that usually presents with inflammation of the salivary glands, particularly the parotid glands. A child with mumps often looks like a chipmunk with a full mouth due to the swelling of the parotids (the salivary glands near the ears). See the entire definition of Mumps
Causes fever and swollen, painful glands under the jaw. It can lead to swelling of the brain and hearing loss. (pink book chapter on mumps) (view photo)
An acute viral disease characterized by fever, swelling and tenderness of one or more of the salivary glands.
Viral infection causing inflammation of salivary glands.
The Condition"...Swelling of the testicles (orchitis) occurs in 15-25% of infected males..."
Mumps or epidemic parotitis is a viral disease of humans. Prior to the development of vaccination and the introduction of a vaccine, it was a common childhood disease worldwide, and is still a significant threat to health in the third world.
