Symptoms of mumps in the baby

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Mumps in children is an acute respiratory infectious disease caused by mumps virus, which is worldwide distributed. It belongs to class C infectious disease in China. It can occur throughout the year, with the peak in winter and spring. Most of them occur in children and are sporadic or epidemic. They can form an outbreak in collective children's institutions. It is characterized by acute non suppurative swelling of salivary gland, often accompanied by meningitis, pancreatitis and orchitis. There is no special treatment drug, mainly take symptomatic treatment. Let's talk about the symptoms of mumps

Symptoms of mumps in the baby

1. Parotid gland enlargement is often the first sign of the disease, lasting for 7-10 days. Usually one side of the parotid gland swells first for 2-3 days, and the opposite side of the parotid gland 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.

2. Pain or distending pain behind zygomatic arch (the location of parotid gland). Parotid gland swelling is the most obvious in 1-3 days after onset, 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.

3. In addition to mumps, meningitis, orchitis, ovaritis, pancreatitis, mastitis, etc. may occur in the 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

The prognosis of this disease is good and can be completely recovered. Patients with meningoencephalitis usually have a good prognosis. Occasionally, patients with severe respiratory and circulatory failure die. Unilateral permanent sensorineural hearing loss may occur in a few cases.