It turned out that my best friend was infected with mumps and became an asymmetrical "big face".
Every winter, a variety of respiratory infectious diseases enter a high incidence period, and mumps is one of them.
Some people think that only children can get mumps, but this is not the case. Adults should also be vigilant.
Next, let's take a look.
Mumps is what we usually call "mumps". It is a common respiratory disease caused by mumps virus infection, which mostly occurs in children and adolescents (5- 15 years old) and is highly contagious (spread by air and droplets), in April and July every year and in the following year 10.
If the baby has swelling at the root of one or both earlobes, local pain and fever symptoms. Nine times out of ten, this is the trick.
Of course, not all mumps are contagious.
Unlike mumps, suppurative mumps is a bacterial infection and is not contagious. Children often have local swelling and swelling of one parotid gland (it is rare for both sides to occur at the same time), with obvious tenderness, and a large amount of pus flows out of the parotid gland when squeezed.
The baby has mumps, and parents can take care of it like this:
Reasonable diet-eat chewy, digestible and light food (porridge, soft noodles, etc.). ) and drink a small amount of water many times.
Pay attention to rest-isolate at home (until 3 days after cheek swelling completely subsides) and stay in bed.
Symptomatic treatment-fever, taking acetaminophen or ibuprofen appropriately; Pain, can use a towel local cold compress.
In fact, mumps itself is not terrible, and it is a self-limited disease (it will heal itself and recover to a certain extent), but its possible complications (orchitis, oophoritis, viral encephalitis, meningitis, myocarditis, pancreatitis, etc.). ) have to pay attention.
When children with mumps have the following symptoms, they must seek medical attention in time:
Abdominal pain in girls (beware of ovarian inflammation), testicular pain in boys, scrotum swelling (beware of orchitis);
Persistent fever, headache, vomiting, poor mental state and even convulsions (beware of viral encephalitis);
Abdominal pain, abdominal distension, vomiting, fever and other symptoms. Beware of pancreatitis.
Mumps is contagious from 3 days before symptoms appear to 9 days after symptoms appear. During the epidemic, it is recommended that you actively wear masks, wash your hands frequently and have more ventilation.
Of course, the more economical, convenient and effective means to prevent mumps is to vaccinate the vaccine containing mumps.
According to the newly adjusted immunization plan, since June 2020, China will implement the two-dose immunization plan of measles-mumps-rubella combined attenuated live vaccine nationwide. Specifically, school-age children were vaccinated with live attenuated measles-mumps-rubella vaccine 1 dose at the age of 8 months and 18 months respectively. Please consult your local vaccination department for details.
Mother kangaroo has something to say:
There are too many viruses. They always attack babies. It's really annoying But don't worry too much. After the baby gets sick, his immunity and resistance will become stronger. What we need to do well every day is to actively let the baby suffer less and grow up healthily. Come on, duck!