Parotitis - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
WEBJun 25, 2023 · Of the many viral infections resulting in parotitis, mumps (a paramyxovirus) is the classic cause of epidemic parotitis. Other viral causes include coxsackie A virus, cytomegalovirus, echovirus, enterovirus, influenza, and …
Mumps (Parotitis) - Symptoms and Causes - Penn Medicine
WEBDefinition. Mumps is a contagious disease that leads to painful swelling of the salivary glands. The salivary glands produce saliva, a liquid that moistens food and helps you chew and swallow. Alternative Names. Epidemic parotitis; Viral parotitis; Parotitis. Causes. Mumps is caused by a virus.
Mumps - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic
WEBNov 23, 2022 · Mumps can cause damage to the pancreas, called pancreatitis, from swelling. Symptoms may include pain or tenderness near the stomach, upset stomach, vomiting and fever. Miscarriage. Getting mumps during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy may increase the risk that a pregnancy will end, called miscarriage.
Mumps - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf - National Center for …
WEBSep 7, 2020 · Mumps affects individuals globally and is the only known cause of epidemic parotitis. The majority of mumps cases in temperate zones are observed during late winter and early spring.
Mumps: Causes, Symptoms & Treatments - Cleveland Clinic
WEBSep 28, 2022 · The swelling, known as parotitis, can occur on one or both sides of your face. This classic sign of mumps looks like “chipmunk cheeks” because your cheeks puff up and your jaw swells. Parotitis occurs in more than 70% of mumps cases.
Strategies for the Control and Investigation of Mumps Outbreaks
WEBJun 10, 2024 · Mumps is the only known cause of epidemic parotitis. Multiple cases of parotitis in the same local jurisdiction, setting, or clinic should be strongly suspected as a mumps outbreak.
Mumps - Mumps - MSD Manual Professional Edition
WEBMumps is an acute, contagious, systemic viral disease, usually causing painful enlargement of the salivary glands, most commonly the parotids. Complications may include orchitis, meningoencephalitis, and pancreatitis. Diagnosis is usually clinical; all cases are reported promptly to public health authorities. Treatment is supportive.
Mumps (also known as “infectious parotitis” and “epidemic parotitis ...
WEBJun 14, 2013 · Parotitis occurs in fewer than half of individuals infected with mumps, and, when present, usually lasts 7−10 days in unvaccinated persons. It manifests as pain, tenderness and swelling in one or both parotid salivary glands.
Parotitis: Parotid Gland Swelling Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
WEB“Parotitis” is the medical term for a swollen parotid gland. Your parotid glands are located on the side of your face, between your ear and your jaw. Parotid gland swelling is often associated with mumps (which is sometimes called viral parotitis).
Factsheet about mumps - European Centre for Disease …
WEBNov 28, 2023 · Mumps is a viral infection, which in its classical form causes acute parotitis (inflammation of the parotid salivary glands) and less frequently, orchitis, meningitis and pneumonia. Complications include sensorineuronal deafness, oligospermia, subfertility (rarely) and occasionally death from encephalitis.
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