mumps

Also known as epidemic parotitis, parotitis

Mumps is a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable viral disease caused by the mumps virus. Initial symptoms of mumps are non-specific and include fever, headache, malaise, muscle pain, and loss of appetite. These symptoms are usually followed by painful swelling around the side of the face (the parotid glands, called parotitis), which is the most common symptom of a mumps infection. Symptoms typically occur 16 to 18 days after exposure to the virus. About one-third of people with a mumps infection do not have any symptoms (asymptomatic).

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Mumps is a contagious viral disease that starts with fever and body aches, then typically progresses to painful swelling of the glands on the sides of the face. It matters because it's preventable through vaccination, though some infected people have no symptoms at all and can still spread the virus to others.

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Key facts

Medical condition.name: Mumps
Medical condition.synonyms: Epidemic parotitis
Medical condition.field: Infectious disease
Medical condition.image: Mumps PHIL 130 lores.jpg
Medical condition.caption: Child with mumps showing characteristic facial swelling
Medical condition.symptoms: Parotitis and non-specific symptoms such as fever, headache, malaise, muscle pain, and loss of appetite
Medical condition.complications: Deafness, inflammatory conditions such as orchitis, oophoritis, and pancreatitis, and rarely sterility
Medical condition.onset: 7–25 days after exposure
Medical condition.duration: Usually less than two weeks
Medical condition.causes: Mumps virus
Medical condition.risks: Exposure to someone with mumps
Medical condition.diagnosis: Antibody testing, viral cultures, and reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction
Medical condition.prevention: Mumps vaccine
Medical condition.treatment: Supportive
Medical condition.medication: Pain medication, intravenous immunoglobulin
Medical condition.prognosis: Usually excellent; case fatality rate of 1.6–3.8 people per 10,000 pre vaccination (US, 1966–1975)
Medical condition.frequency: 385,000+ (387,529 reported) (2023)

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Research

13,001 papers

Mumps.ReviewLancet (London, England) · 2008Hviid A, Rubin S, Mühlemann KDOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60419-5
Current Status of Mumps Virus Infection: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, and Vaccine.ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Su SB, Chang HL, Chen AKDOI: 10.3390/ijerph17051686
Mumps Orchitis: Clinical Aspects and Mechanisms.ReviewFrontiers in immunology · 2021Wu H, Wang F, Tang D et al.DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.582946
Mumps.Pediatrics in review · 2023Noor A, Krilov LRDOI: 10.1542/pir.2022-005919
Mumps.JAMA · 2019Grennan DDOI: 10.1001/jama.2019.10982
Remembering mumps.ReviewPLoS pathogens · 2015Latner DR, Hickman CJDOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004791
Mumps: An Emergency Medicine-Focused Update.ReviewThe Journal of emergency medicine · 2018Bockelman C, Frawley TC, Long B et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2017.08.037
Mumps.Journal of special operations medicine : a peer reviewed journal for SOF medical professionals · 2017Burnett MWDOI: 10.55460/SWWG-QACE

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Wikidata facts

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minimal incubation period in humans: 14
Commons category: Mumps
NCI Thesaurus ID: C29888
Commons gallery: Mumps
ICPC 2 ID: D71
exact match: identifiers.org/doid/DOID:10264
maximal incubation period in humans: 23
ICD-9-CM: 072

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Contents

Etymology
History
Resurgence
Signs and symptoms
Common symptoms
Complications
Cause
Transmission
Pathogenesis
Immune response
Diagnosis
Prevention
Treatment
Prognosis
Epidemiology
Clinical age and immunity
Settings of outbreaks
References
External links

Complications are rare but include deafness and a wide range of inflammatory conditions, of which inflammation of the testes, breasts, ovaries, pancreas, meninges, and brain are the most common. Viral meningitis can occur in 1/4 of people with mumps. Testicular inflammation may result in reduced fertility and, rarely, sterility.