If you have had mumps before, can you get it a second time?

Usually, after having mumps once, people will not get it a second time because they have produced antibodies. However, there is another type of mumps caused by a virus, which may cause people to get it twice, three times, or more times.

1. After having mumps once, the body can develop lasting immunity and it is rare to get it a second time. But some people can get mumps twice or even three times, and the clinical manifestations are similar to mumps. However, only one of these outbreaks was actually mumps; the others were caused by other viruses.

2. What we usually call mumps refers to epidemic parotitis, commonly known as "mumps", which is a common disease in children. This type of mumps can provide lifelong immunity after only one or at most two infections, and you will not get sick again.

3. Epidemic parotitis mumps, also known as mumps or mumps, is a common respiratory infectious disease among children and adolescents, caused by the mumps virus. The prominent symptom is non-purulent swelling and pain of the parotid gland. The virus can invade various glandular tissues or the nervous system and almost all organs such as the liver, kidneys, heart, and joints.

4. The incubation period is 8 to 30 days, with an average of 18 days. Most patients have no prodromal symptoms, and the first symptom is swelling under the ear. A few cases may have short-term nonspecific discomfort (several hours to 2 days), and may also experience symptoms such as muscle aches, loss of appetite, fatigue, headache, low fever, conjunctivitis, and pharyngitis. In the past 10 years or so, the mumps disease in my country has become more serious than before, with symptoms such as a longer fever course, increased complications, and a higher proportion of hospitalized children to outpatients.

5. The onset is usually acute, with symptoms such as fever, chills, headache, sore throat, poor appetite, nausea, vomiting, body pain, etc. After a few hours to 1 to 2 days, the parotid gland will become significantly swollen. The fever ranges from 38 to 40°C, and the severity of symptoms is also very inconsistent. Adult patients are generally more serious. Parotid gland swelling is the most characteristic, with one side swelling first, but there are also cases where both sides swell at the same time; it is usually centered on the earlobe, developing forward, backward, and downward, and is pear-shaped and tough with unclear edges.