Mumps, also called mumps, infectious mumps and endemic mumps; is a viral disease whose responsible for the infection belongs to the family Paramyxoviridae, genus Rubulavirus. With great capacity for streaming, this occurs through direct contact with saliva, air droplets and objects containing the virus. It can also be transmitted from mother to child during pregnancy and can cause miscarriages.
This disease, which occurs mainly in children, presents as symptom It is mainly the swelling of one or more salivary glands, causing an exaggerated increase in volume in the neck region. In addition to this factor, fever and, in some cases, swelling of the salivary glands, nausea, sweating, ringing in the ears and body and head pain may manifest. In some exceptional cases, complications, such as orchiepididymitis (swelling of the testicles), oophoritis (swelling of the ovaries), pancreatitis, meningitis, and encephalitis.
O incubation period varies between two and three weeks after contact with the transmitting agent, and the affected individual is capable to transmit the virus about a week before symptomatic manifestations, and up to nine days after that. event.
O diagnosis it is done by analyzing the clinical picture and, when necessary, virus culture and serological tests may be required.
Does not exist treatment for the elimination of the virus, which is aimed only at alleviating the symptoms of the disease. Thus, rest and, in some cases, antipyretics, analgesics and compresses are indicated. As for the prevention, the MMR vaccine at 15 months of age, and not having contact with someone affected by the disease, are capable of providing satisfactory results.
THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH WARNS:
Self-medication can have unwanted and unanticipated effects, as the wrong medicine not only does not cure, it can worsen your health.
By Mariana Araguaia
Graduated in Biology