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Measles and Mumps Tests

05/01/2018 03:50 PM EDT

Source: National Library of Medicine - 

Summary

Mumps is an illness caused by the mumps virus. It starts with

• Fever
• Headache
• Muscle aches
• Tiredness
• Loss of appetite

After that, the salivary glands under the ears or jaw become swollen and tender. The swelling can be on one or both sides of the face. Symptoms last 7 to 10 days. Serious complications are rare.

You can catch mumps by being with another person who has it. There is no treatment for mumps, but the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine can prevent it.

Before the routine vaccination program in the United States, mumps was a common illness in infants, children and young adults. Now it is a rare disease in the U.S.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Start Here

• About Mumps (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Mumps (American Academy of Family Physicians)Also in Spanish
• Mumps (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)Also in Spanish

Symptoms

• Signs and Symptoms of Mumps (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)Also in Spanish

Diagnosis and Tests

• Measles and Mumps Tests  (National Library of Medicine)Also in Spanish

Prevention and Risk Factors

• Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) Vaccination: What Everyone Should Know(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• MMR (Measles, Mumps and Rubella) Vaccine: What You Need to Know(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - PDFAlso in Spanish
• MMRV (Measles, Mumps, Rubella, and Varicella) Vaccine: What You Need to Know(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - PDFAlso in Spanish
• Transmission of Mumps (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)Also in Spanish

Related Issues

• Complications of Mumps (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)Also in Spanish
• Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) Vaccine: Vaccine Safety(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Images

• Mumps Photos (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)Also in Spanish

Statistics and Research

• Mumps Cases and Outbreaks (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)Also in Spanish

Clinical Trials

• ClinicalTrials.gov: Mumps  (National Institutes of Health)

Journal ArticlesReferences and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)

• Article: Mumps epidemic in North America proves unusually stubborn. 
• Article: Effectiveness of a Third Dose of MMR Vaccine for Mumps... 
• Article: Non-specific effects of measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccination in... 
• Mumps -- see more articles 

Find an Expert

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Also in Spanish
• National Foundation for Infectious Diseases 
• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases 

Men

• Orchitis (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)

Women

• Measles, Mumps, Rubella and the MMR Vaccine during Pregnancy(Organization of Teratology Information Specialists) - PDFAlso in Spanish

Adults

• Facts about Mumps for Adults (National Foundation for Infectious Diseases)

Patient Handouts

• MMR (Measles, Mumps and Rubella) Vaccine: What You Need to Know(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - PDFAlso in Spanish
• MMRV (Measles, Mumps, Rubella, and Varicella) Vaccine: What You Need to Know(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - PDFAlso in Spanish
• Mumps (Medical Encyclopedia)Also in Spanish
• Mumps and the Vaccine (Shot) to Prevent It (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - PDF
• Orchitis (Medical Encyclopedia)Also in Spanish