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Summary: Mumps is a contagious viral infection of the salivary glands, and the most prominent gland that is affected by the mumps is the parotid gland. Learn about the MMR vaccine, which children receive to prevent mumps, with help from a physician's assistant in this free video on mumps and viral infections.
Al Hedgepeth is an alumnus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and earned his degree as a P.A. in 1980. He currently works as a gynecological P.A. for Wake County....read more
"Well, mumps is a contagious viral infection of your salivary glands. It can involve the ovaries and testicles. The most prominent gland that's affected is the parotid gland, which is situated in front of the ear and behind the jaw, which causes the noticeable swelling that most people associate with mumps. It is spread by someone who's infected coughing or sneezing, spreading the virus through the air, and/or a person eating food that an infected person has eaten and exposed their infected saliva to that food. The incubation period is between two weeks and three weeks before symptoms starts. Symptoms usually start out as flu-like symptoms and then one out of about three people get the noticeable swelling associated with what we call mumps. To prevent mumps, there's a vaccine called the MMR, or measles, mumps, rubella, vaccine that most children get. They get two vaccines up to about age six, one at about 18 months, and then one at six years of age. Prior to the vaccine, mumps was just a very common viral infection that people got, and most people did get it, but only about one out of three would show symptoms of swelling."
eHow Article: How to Prevent Mumps
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