Mumps symptoms in children?

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Mumps is an epidemic disease, mainly occurs in the parotid, many children will get mumps, this is an infectious disease, after the illness will be very painful, remember a little niece once suffered from mumps, at that time her parents were very anxious, because they did not know how to care, later took the child to the hospital, the doctor said that under normal circumstances, Children will recover from half a month or so, want to speed up the recovery, you can take some drugs or take some drugs to speed up the recovery, then the child mumps eat what symptoms? Let me be specific.

Mumps symptoms in children?

Parotid gland enlargement precedes one side and then the other side. There are also cases of parotid gland enlargement only on one side or without parotid gland enlargement. Swelling is characterized by the earlobe as the center, to expand around, the edge is not clear, touch the elastic sensation and tenderness, the surface of the skin is not red. The range of swelling is up to zygomatic arch, sternocleidomastoid muscle, submaxillary and neck. Parotid swelling peaked in 3-5 days, then gradually reduced, generally subsided in about 1 week, occasionally extended to 2 weeks. Sometimes submandibular gland and sublingual gland can be enlarged, the former is more common, some cases only submandibular gland enlargement and parotid gland is not big. The submandibular gland, sublingual gland and parotid gland of some children have no obvious swelling, but only viremia or complications. The orifice of parotid gland is red and swollen. Children with parotid gland local pain and hypersensitivity, mouth opening and chewing more obvious. The degree and duration of the increase of body temperature were not related to the degree of parotid gland enlargement. The duration of fever varies from 1 to 2 days, and a few can reach 2 weeks. Fever is mostly moderate, low fever and high fever are rare, about 20% of the body temperature is always normal.

When the parotid gland has obvious swelling and a clear history of contact, it is not difficult to make a clinical diagnosis except for other causes of parotid gland swelling. The diagnosis of simple submandibular gland or sublingual gland enlargement can be made when there is a definite source of infection, excluding local lymphadenitis. It is difficult to diagnose encephalitis before parotid gland enlargement or without parotid gland enlargement.

Acute pancreatitis can be seen in older children, most of which occur 3-5 days to 1 week after parotid gland swelling. The main manifestations were sudden rise of body temperature, frequent vomiting, severe upper abdominal pain, diarrhea, abdominal distension or constipation. Abdominal tenderness, local muscle tension, B-ultrasound sometimes showed pancreatic enlargement. Amylase in blood and urine increased, but amylase in 90% of mumps cases also increased slightly or moderately. The determination of serum lipase is helpful to the diagnosis of pancreatitis. In recent years, amylase isozymes have been determined, which can distinguish between parotid gland (P type) and salivary gland (s type).

matters needing attention

Because mumps is a very infectious disease, parents should pay attention not to take their children out. It's better to treat them in isolation. They should also give their children sufficient water and nutrition. They can eat some juice or fruit, which is good for their children's health.