Symptoms of mumps in children

summary

Mumps in children is mainly an acute respiratory infectious disease caused by mumps virus. Its distribution is relatively uniform, and it can occur all day, especially in winter and spring. There are more children, and it will be in an epidemic situation, and it will form an outbreak in several structures, Can cause salivary gland acute non suppurative swelling, the symptom of parotitis in children, next I tell you.

Symptoms of mumps in children

Children with mumps, its incubation period for 2 to 3 weeks, an average of 18 days, his mood is shorter than a few hours, or 1 to 2 days, patients will have a fever, and do not appear fatigue, loss of appetite, dizziness, nausea and vomiting, in the early words will be complicated with meningitis.

The hand of mumps is now a major disease, and then the other side will also become swollen. It is mainly centered on the son, and then expands to the surrounding, which is not very clear. The skin on the surface will not turn red, reaching the position of the neck, and then it will gradually shrink. Generally, it will subside by itself in about a week, and some will be delayed to about two weeks.

Suffering from mumps in children, he is not very serious, but it has many complications. He will have complications of nervous system, reproductive organs, bilateral testicular atrophy, infertility, acute pancreatitis and other complications.

matters needing attention

Usually we must inject a good vaccine, its prognosis is relatively good, generally can be completely recovered, for patients with meningitis, the general prognosis is also very good, so we must pay attention to early treatment.