Why are my cheeks itchy?

In life, everyone must know that many people's faces are prone to minor problems. For example, some people will have pain on both sides, or even itchy feelings. In this case, people do not quite understand the reasons behind it and think it is just a normal allergic problem, and do not even care about it. However, when itching occurs on both sides of the cheeks, you should consider that there may be inflammation.

Mumps is mainly transmitted through the respiratory tract. The virus can exist in the patient's saliva and be transmitted directly through droplets. It can also be transmitted indirectly through clothes, toys or public utensils contaminated with saliva. Mumps is likely to spread in kindergartens, primary schools or middle schools in spring. Primary school students and junior high school students are a high-risk group for mumps.

What is mumps ?

Mumps, commonly known as "mumps", is an acute respiratory infectious disease caused by mumps virus infection. It is common in children and adolescents. Mumps virus mainly invades the parotid gland. The parotid glands are located around the earlobes on both sides of the cheeks. In addition to the parotid gland, the virus can also invade other glandular tissues and organs, such as the pancreas, gonads, brain tissue, heart, joints, etc.

The main symptom of mumps is swelling at the base of one or both earlobes. The swollen parotid gland is often hemispherical, diffusely swollen with the earlobe as the center, with unclear boundaries, hot surface, tenderness, and local pain when opening the mouth or chewing. It may or may not be accompanied by fever, with body temperature around 38.5℃. Most children have a good prognosis. If there are no complications, the natural course of the disease is about 10 days.

However, when the mumps virus affects organs other than the parotid gland, various complications can occur. Possible complications include meningoencephalitis, orchitis or epididymitis, oophoritis, pancreatitis, etc.