Mumps
What Causes Mumps?
Mumps is spread when an infected person coughs or sneezes near you or shares food or drinks.
You can spread the virus 7 days before and for 9 days after symptoms start. You are most likely to spread the virus 1 to 2 days before and 5 days after symptoms start.
Examples of how mumps can be spread include:
Mumps Symptoms:
You can spread the virus 7 days before and for 9 days after symptoms start. You are most likely to spread the virus 1 to 2 days before and 5 days after symptoms start.
Examples of how mumps can be spread include:
- Sneezing or coughing
- Using the same cutlery and plates as an infected person
- Sharing food and drink with someone who is infected
- Kissing
- Someone infected touching their nose or mouth and then passing it onto a surface that someone else may touch
Mumps Symptoms:
- Mumps is most contagious usually before symptoms are noticed.
- Mumps has an incubation period of 7-18 days, but on average is around 10 days after exposure.
- As well as the tell-tale neck swelling, symptoms may include pain and discomfort from the swelling, fever, headache, feeling sick, dry mouth, joint aches and a general malaise.
- Ear pain may be felt, especially when chewing. A sour taste in the mouth may be experienced and swallowing may be difficult.
- Mumps can result in complications like meningitis and painful swelling of the testicles (orchitis) or ovaries (oophoritis).
- In children and adults with mumps and no complications, most get better and have no further side effects.
- However, in rare cases neurological damage, hearing loss, pancreatitis and even death can occur.
Mumps in pregnancy can be dangerous, with an increased risk of miscarriage in the first 12-16 weeks.
How are Mumps Diagnosed?
- Mumps are usually diagnosed based on symptoms and a history of exposure to the virus. If needed, a blood test can be done to confirm that you have mumps and rule out other illnesses.
- The mumps virus can be identified with a viral culture using a sample of urine, saliva, or cerebrospinal fluid. These tests are rarely done.
- If you think that you or your child has mumps, be sure to call ahead and explain the symptoms before you go to a doctor's office. It's important to stay away from other people as much as you can so that you don't spread the disease.
In most cases, people recover from mumps with rest and care at home. In complicated cases, a hospital stay may be required.
If you or your child has mumps:
If you or your child has mumps:
- Take medicine to help relieve fever or headache, if needed. Follow all instructions on the label.
- If you give medicine to a baby, follow your doctor's advice about what amount to give. Do not give aspirin to anyone younger than 20 because of the risk of Reye syndrome.
- Use ice or a heat pack (whichever feels better) on swollen, painful areas. Put a thin towel under the ice or heat to protect the skin.
- Drink extra fluids to help reduce fever and prevent dehydration.
- Suck on ice chips or flavored ice pops. Eat soft foods that don't require chewing.
- Anyone who has mumps should stay out of school, day care, work, and public places until 5 days after the salivary glands first start to swell.
In general, you don't need to separate the sick person
from the rest of the family. By the time
mumps are diagnosed, most household members
have already been exposed.
from the rest of the family. By the time
mumps are diagnosed, most household members
have already been exposed.
Homeopathic Approach to Mumps:
Homeopathy can play a vital role in shortening the days of mumps’ course, while treatment is started in the start-up phase itself. It can also enforce the swelling to reduce at a faster rate without complications while treatment is opted somewhat later. It is better to treat the complaint as early as possible to get speedy and complete cure or otherwise complication(s) are inevitable.
In Homoeopathy, medicines are usually selected with the mode of onset, character of the disease, exciting cause, characteristic symptoms of patient – mental / physical restlessness, thirst, sweat, appetite, sleep, urine and stool habit, etc.
A well-selected remedy quickly supports the body mechanism to raise the immune level and clears the complaints at the earliest.
Homeopathy can treat mumps safely to have good harmony of health without side-effects and complications. Homoeopathy is the finger post at the cross-roads of healing which directs the safest way to a permanent cure.
Homeopathy can play a vital role in shortening the days of mumps’ course, while treatment is started in the start-up phase itself. It can also enforce the swelling to reduce at a faster rate without complications while treatment is opted somewhat later. It is better to treat the complaint as early as possible to get speedy and complete cure or otherwise complication(s) are inevitable.
In Homoeopathy, medicines are usually selected with the mode of onset, character of the disease, exciting cause, characteristic symptoms of patient – mental / physical restlessness, thirst, sweat, appetite, sleep, urine and stool habit, etc.
A well-selected remedy quickly supports the body mechanism to raise the immune level and clears the complaints at the earliest.
Homeopathy can treat mumps safely to have good harmony of health without side-effects and complications. Homoeopathy is the finger post at the cross-roads of healing which directs the safest way to a permanent cure.
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