Best Doctors for Mums Treatment in Mp Nagar, Bhopal

Mumps is one of the viral infections which is highly contagious. It mainly affects the salivary glands, causing swelling of the jaws and face. Mumps is caused by a virus called paramyxovirus. It is mainly transmitted through droplets of saliva while coughing, talking, and sneezing. The symptoms seen in the mumps are parotid gland swelling, headache, fever, muscle pain, loss of appetite. Other severe symptoms can be a stiff neck, confusion, vomiting, high fever, stomach pain, and seizures. Mumps can be prevented by giving the child a vaccine called MMR (measles, mumps, rubella). It can be diagnosed through blood tests, samples from the mouth, and rarely urine tests. Children who are attacked with mumps can recover within 3 to 10 days. Treatment should be given to reduce the severity of symptoms such as giving adequate rest, having lots of fluids, cold or hot pack over the swelling, and pain relievers to relieve the pain.