How is mumps transmitted?

Mumps is an acute respiratory disease, which means that it can be transmitted through the air and droplets in daily life. Children, in particular, have weak immunity and are easily infected. Patients will show symptoms such as high fever, enlarged parotid and submandibular glands, and pain.

1. Mumps is an acute respiratory disease and a common respiratory disease among children. Is mumps contagious? Mumps is contagious, so parents of babies with mumps should take timely protective measures to prevent them from infecting other babies.

2. Mumps is an acute respiratory infectious disease caused by the mumps virus invading the parotid gland. It is a common respiratory infectious disease among children and adolescents. 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. Therefore, it can often cause symptoms such as meningoencephalitis, orchitis, pancreatitis, mastitis, and oophoritis.

3. Mumps is not contagious if it is spread to an adult or child who has been infected with mumps. To be precise, adults and children who have been infected with the mumps virus already have antibodies against the mumps virus in their bodies. When the mumps virus attacks again, the antibodies will quickly activate the body's immune system to attack the virus and prevent reinfection with the mumps virus.

4. Mumps is a common respiratory infectious disease among children and adolescents. So how long is the infectious period of mumps? The general quarantine period for this disease is 7 to 9 days.

5. Mumps can occur throughout the year, with winter and spring being the peak seasons for the disease. Temperatures around 10°C are most likely to allow the virus to breed, and it can spread or be disseminated in densely populated places such as schools and kindergartens. This disease mostly occurs in preschool or school-age children, and is more common in children aged 6 to 7 years old. Patients usually present with fever, with body temperature reaching over 39°C, swelling and pain in the parotid and submandibular glands, etc. There are also quite a number of infected people who are asymptomatic.