How is mumps spread? How mumps is spread

As we all know, mumps is highly contagious, but some people don't know how it is transmitted. In fact, the transmission route of this disease is very simple, and droplets are the most common, so patients will be required to be isolated.

1. Transmission of mumps

The mumps virus only infects humans, is highly contagious, and is spread through droplets. Mumps is prone to occur and spread in crowded places and places with poor sanitary conditions. People are generally susceptible to mumps, but their susceptibility gradually decreases with age. 80% of adults have had explicit or latent infection.

2. Treatment of mumps

(1) Go to a regular hospital for diagnosis and treatment in time.

(2) Isolate the patient and let him/her rest in bed until the swelling of the parotid gland completely subsides.

(3) Pay attention to oral hygiene, eat liquid and soft food, avoid acidic foods, and ensure fluid intake.

(4) For patients with high fever, use physical cooling or antipyretics. Pay attention to oral hygiene and rinse your mouth with warm water or salt water.

(5) The diet should be light liquid or soft food, avoid acidic foods, and ensure adequate fluid intake.

(6) Traditional Chinese medicine calls mumps "shrinking mumps". The prescription is Puji Xiaodu Yin with modifications, and the single herb is Isatis root. Apply Ruyi Jinhuang Powder mixed with vinegar topically. Patients with inflammation can use a T-belt for support and apply local cold compress. Patients with concurrent pancreatitis should be treated as acute abdomen.

3. How to prevent mumps in young children

(1) In winter and spring, classrooms must be ventilated and air disinfected; tableware and toys must be disinfected, and children’s attendance must be closely monitored.

(2) If you have mumps, you should seek medical treatment as soon as possible. Do not go to school during the illness and receive isolation treatment at home or in the hospital. Patients can take Banlangen orally, and pay attention to maintaining oral hygiene, drinking plenty of water, eating easily digestible semi-liquid food, avoiding irritating food, and ensuring proper nutrition and rest. A diagnosis certificate from a hospital must be produced when resuming classes.

(3) Parents should arrange their children’s daily routines appropriately, improve their nutrition, encourage them to do more physical exercise, and add or remove clothes according to the weather. Once a child falls ill, do not conceal the illness and insist on attending class, which will cause the spread of infectious diseases in the kindergarten. When mumps is prevalent, try to avoid going to public places (such as Internet cafes, cinemas, entertainment venues, etc.). To prevent mumps, you should pay attention to self-care, strengthen physical exercise, and do more outdoor activities to make yourself more resistant to disease. An acute respiratory infectious disease caused by mumps virus.