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Overview
Approximately 20-30% cases infected with mumps may remain asymptomatic.[1] Mumps typically starts with a few days of fever, headache, muscle aches, tiredness, and loss of appetite, and is followed by swelling of salivary glands (classically the parotid gland).[2] Painful testicular swelling and rash may also occur.
Symptoms
Prodromal Symptoms
Common Symptoms
- Painful salivary gland swelling (sialoadenitis)
- Parotitis in 90% of patients
- Bilateral inflammation in approximately 75% of patients
- Earache
Less Common Symptoms
- Orchitis in post-pubertal males (10% of this patient population)
- Oophoritis or mastitis in post-pubertal females (5% of this patient population)
- Encephalitis
- Meningitis
- Pancreatitits
References
- ↑ "Mumps epidemic--Iowa, 2006". MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 55 (13): 366–8. 2006. PMID 16601665. Retrieved 2012-03-08. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help) - ↑ Enders G (1996). Paramyxoviruses–Mumps virus. In: Barron's Medical Microbiology (Barron S et al, eds.) (4th ed. ed.). Univ of Texas Medical Branch. (via NCBI Bookshelf) ISBN 0-9631172-1-1.