Symptoms and treatment of chronic mumps

Chronic parotitis is the most common inflammation of the salivary glands. The disease was previously called chronic suppurative parotitis, and is now divided into two categories: recurrent parotitis and obstructive parotitis. Chronic recurrent parotitis is more common in children, with the age of onset being around 5 years old. The incidence rate is higher in men, and it is a regular onset. The younger the age, the shorter the interval between onsets, and the easier it is to relapse. With the increase of age, the frequency of onset decreases and the symptoms improve. It usually heals slowly after puberty.

Symptoms of chronic mumps:

Symptom 1: Fever, slight to moderate increase in body temperature, chills, poor appetite, general discomfort, headache, muscle pain, etc.

Symptom 2: Submandibular gland swelling and pain. Bilateral parotid gland swelling accounts for about 75%.

Parotid gland swelling is often the first clinical symptom of the disease, lasting 7 to 10 days. Often one side swells first for 2 to 3 days, and then the other submandibular gland also swells. Sometimes the swelling is only on one side, or the parotid gland is swollen at the same time as the submandibular gland, or even only the submandibular gland is swollen without the parotid gland.

Symptom 3: Aching or swelling in the area of ​​the submandibular gland behind the stork's arch. The swelling of the submandibular gland is most obvious 1-3 days after the onset of the disease, and the swelling and pain are more obvious when eating meals or acidic fruits. Then it gradually disappears, and the swelling completely disappears in about 2 weeks. In the first 3-5 days of the disease, there may be systemic symptoms such as fever, fatigue, and unwillingness to eat.

Symptom 4: Swelling can be seen at the opening of the parotid duct, but there is no purulent secretion.

Symptom 5: In addition to mumps, patients may experience meningitis, orchitis, oophoritis, pancreatitis, mastitis, etc., which are caused by the mumps virus invading different organs of the body. They can appear successively with mumps and are generally considered to be complications.

Symptom six: fever, chills, headache, sore throat, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, body aches, etc. The submandibular gland becomes swollen and painful over a few hours and gradually becomes obvious. The body temperature reaches over 39°C. Adult patients are generally more serious.