Treatment of mumps?

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Treatment of mumps? Mumps, or mumps for short, is commonly known as "pig head fever", "toad fever" and "opposite ear wind". It often occurs in spring. It is a common respiratory infectious disease in children and adolescents. It also occurs in adults and is caused by mumps virus.

Treatment of mumps?

Source of infection: early patients and latent infection. The virus exists in the saliva of patients for a long time. The virus can be isolated from the saliva of patients from 6 days before and 9 days after parotid swelling, so it is highly infectious in these two weeks. The virus can also be detected in saliva and urine of patients with symptoms of other organs such as brain or testis. During the pandemic, about 30-40% of the patients only had subclinical infection of upper respiratory tract infection, which was an important source of infection.

External application of traditional Chinese medicine is an ancient and effective external treatment method in the treatment of mumps. Through external application of traditional Chinese medicine, the effective components of traditional Chinese medicine can directly act on the disease through penetration, so as to play a fast and obvious effect. Take an appropriate amount of xiomi powder, mix it with honey, not too thick, apply it to the affected area, and bandage it with gauze, change the dressing once a day.

Route of transmission: the virus is transmitted in saliva by droplets (saliva and contaminated clothing can also be infected). Its infectivity is weaker than measles and chickenpox. Pregnant women infected with the disease can be transmitted through the placenta, resulting in fetal malformation or death, the incidence of abortion also increased. 3. Susceptibility: general susceptibility, which decreases with age. After puberty, the incidence of male was more than that of female. After the disease can have lasting immunity.

matters needing attention

Patients should be treated in isolation until 3-5 days after complete recovery. During the onset of disease should be more bed rest, liquid or semi liquid diet, drink more water. Keep your mouth clean and gargle with light tea, light salt water or honeysuckle licorice water.