Mumps (Print Version)

Mumps is an illness caused by the mumps virus. Mumps causes

Fever
Headache
Muscle aches
Tiredness
Loss of appetite

Swelling of the salivary glands follows these symptoms. Swelling of the glands near the jaw line below the ears may give you "chipmunk cheeks." Serious problems are rare, but can include deafness; swelling of the brain, spinal cord, testicles, breasts or ovaries; and pregnancy loss.

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. Mumps used to be a common childhood illness. Today it is uncommon, with fewer then 1,000 cases per year on average, because of the vaccine.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Start Here

Mumps(Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_viral/mumps.html
Also available in Spanish http://kidshealth.org/parent/en_espanol/infecciones/mumps_esp.html
Mumps Vaccination(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/mumps/default.htm

Overviews

Mumps(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/print/mumps/DS00125/METHOD=print&DSECTION=all

Prevention/Screening

Mumps - Vaccine Q&A(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/mumps/vac-faqs.htm

Related Issues

Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) Vaccine and Autism Fact Sheet(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/concerns/mmr_autism_factsheet.htm
Mumps: Health Information for International Travel(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/yellowBookCh4-Mumps.aspx
Orchitis(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/print/orchitis/DS00602/DSECTION=all&METHOD=print

Pictures & Photographs

Mumps Photos(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/mumps/photos.htm

Clinical Trials

ClinicalTrials.gov: Mumps(National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/open/condition=%22Mumps%22

Journal Articles

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

Article: London's catch-up vaccination campaign against measles, mumps, and rubella reaches... - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=18815174&tool=MedlinePlus
Article: Yankee Doodling: Jabbering about jabs. - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=18768543&tool=MedlinePlus
Article: Government to offer MMR vaccine to all children in England. - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=18694880&tool=MedlinePlus
Mumps -- see more articles - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=search&db=pubmed&term=(mumps[mh]+OR+mumps+virus[majr]+OR+mumps+vaccine[mh]+OR+measles-mumps-rubella+vaccine[mh])+AND+english[la]+AND+humans[mh]+AND+(jsubsetaim[text]+OR+jsubsetk[text]+OR+jsubsetn[text]+OR+guideline[pt]+OR+patient+education+handout[pt]+OR+clinical+trial[pt])+NOT+(letter[pt]+OR+editorial[pt]+OR+case+reports[pt])&doptcmdl=summary&cmd_current=Limits&pmfilter_EDatLimit=last+1+Year&tool=MedlinePlus

Organizations

National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/
National Foundation for Infectious Diseases - http://www.nfid.org/
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/

Children

Mumps(Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_viral/mumps.html
Also available in Spanish http://kidshealth.org/parent/en_espanol/infecciones/mumps_esp.html

Adults

Facts about Mumps for Adults(National Foundation for Infectious Diseases) - Links to PDF - http://www.nfid.org/pdf/factsheets/mumpsadult.pdf

You may also be interested in these MedlinePlus related pages:

Childhood Immunization - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/childhoodimmunization.html
Children and Teenagers - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/childrenandteenagers.html
Infections - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/infections.html

The primary NIH organization for research on Mumps is the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - http://www.niaid.nih.gov/