What is mumps?

What is mumps? Mumps is an acute infectious respiratory disease. Many people may have had mumps when they were young. So what is mumps? I believe many people are still not very clear about it. Here I will explain to you in detail what mumps is.

Mumps is a disease transmitted through the respiratory tract. Droplets in the air are the main source of transmission. If a patient with mumps is not isolated and comes into contact with others, he will spread droplets into the air by sneezing, and the contact may develop the disease about half a month after contact. Mumps is mainly caused by the mumps virus. The clinical manifestation of mumps is swollen parotid glands. From the appearance, one or both sides of the face are swollen. The swollen parotid glands are hemispherical, with a high surface temperature and are very painful to touch. The patient will feel pain when opening his mouth. The infection of mumps has a certain incubation period, and significant clinical manifestations appear after the incubation period. After half a month, the condition gradually improves and the swelling of the parotid glands gradually improves.

If you have mumps, it is recommended to isolate yourself from other people, reduce going out, rest at home more, eat a light diet, avoid spicy food, and ask the patient to drink plenty of water and pay attention to oral hygiene. Swollen parotid glands can be treated with Chinese medicine and oral antiviral granules or isatis root granules.

In summary, mumps is a severe respiratory infectious disease caused by mumps virus infection. When the disease occurs, the patient's parotid glands will become red, swollen, hot and painful, and the patient's appetite will also decrease significantly. Once mumps is confirmed, it is recommended to isolate the patient from healthy people and avoid crowded and noisy places. Especially for children with mumps, it is best not to go to kindergartens to avoid group infection with mumps virus in kindergartens and cause an outbreak. The course of the disease generally lasts for two weeks. If you want to prevent the occurrence of mumps, it is recommended to inject the mumps live attenuated vaccine.