Mumps symptoms?

summary

Mumps is a common disease among children and adolescents in No.1 Middle School in the city. Especially in this season, mumps is very severe and spreads very fast. Although mumps is not a refractory disease, but suffering ah.

Mumps symptoms?

Symptom 1: fever, moderate increase in body temperature, chills, loss of appetite, general discomfort, headache, myalgia, etc. Parotid gland enlargement is often the first sign of the disease, lasting for 7-10 days. Usually one side swells first for 2-3 days, and the opposite side also swells. Sometimes the swelling is only unilateral, or parotid gland enlargement with submandibular gland enlargement, or even only submandibular gland enlargement without parotid gland enlargement.

The swelling of parotid gland is the most obvious in 1-3 days after the onset of the disease, especially when eating acid food. After 2 weeks, the swelling disappeared completely. In the early 3-5 days of onset, there may be fever, fatigue, do not want to eat and other systemic symptoms.

In addition to mumps, meningitis, orchitis, ovaritis, pancreatitis and mastitis may occur in patients, which is caused by the invasion of different organs by mumps virus. It can be accompanied by parotitis, which is generally considered as a complication.

matters needing attention

Fever, chills, headache, sore throat, poor appetite, nausea, vomiting, general pain, parotid gland swelling and pain after several hours, gradually obvious, body temperature can reach more than 39 ℃, adult patients are generally more serious.