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What Is Mumps ?

Mumps is an infectious disease which is caused by a virus, and the parotid glands, which are also called salivary glands, are inflamed. Vaccination prevents mumps. In areas like Europe and North America, mumps vaccination is made compulsory for children to join in school.More...

 

Mumps Symptoms

Mumps Symptoms

Mumps is an illness which is caused by a virus and it causes the swelling of the parotid glands. The complications that mumps causes include meningitis and pancreatitis. Meningitis is the inflammation of the membranes surrounding brain, while pancreatitis is the inflammation of the pancreas, which has a permanent and lasting effect on the pancreas.More...

 

Mumps And Pregnancy

Mumps And Pregnancy

The symptoms and the process of transmission of mumps are similar in pregnant and non pregnant women. Also, pregnancy does not show any additional effect on mumps. Mumps is a disease which is contagious, and caused by a virus. It causes swelling of the salivary glands and fever.More...

 

When Was The Mumps Vaccine Invented ?

When Was The Mumps Vaccine Invented

Mumps is an infectious disease which targets the salivary glands and the nervous tissues. This disease affects mostly kids, whose age is between five and nine years. However, people of all ages can be afflicted by mumps.More...

 

Who Discovered Mumps ?

Who Discovered Mumps

According to historical records it was Ernest William Goodpasture, an American pathologist, who made the discovery of mumps in the year 1934. The common symptom of mumps is the salivary glands get swollen and are extremely painful. The symptoms are usually not very severe in kids, but it can cause infertility in teenage males and men.More...