Mumps is a contagious virus that affects the salivary gland which is responsible for producing saliva.This infectious disease can be transmitted from person to person through saliva,coughing and sneezing.
Mumps typically affect the parotid gland or salivary gland. This gland can be located behind and below the ear. When they are inflamed they can cause fevers and damage your ears if left untreated. In the United States , mumps were more common around
1945 than today , but vaccination has helped decrease the percentage of adults and children that may possibly be affected. Since 1945, mumps have now become a rare disease in the United States, thanks to different treatments that are now available.
Although the potential for contracting this disease is minimal, you
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Children aren't the only ones at risk of this disease.Men,women and adolescents can be at risk as well. In many cases, adults between the ages of 18-24 may experience painful inflammation on the cheek and under the jaw. When a woman is experiencing these symptoms during a pregnancy, there is an increased chance for a miscarriage in the first trimester.
Regardless of age, though, it is important to speak with your healthcare provider for treatment options.
Mumps can be transmitted in different way and can spread in a short amount of time.
They can be transmittable through airborne droplets of a sneeze, by saliva, and by
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coming into contact with contaminated surfaces. This process starts with infected saliva that has made its way into your mouth and then begins to spread in a matter of days to weeks. Once the virus is inside your body, it makes its way into your respiratory tract, which includes your mouth,nose,and throat. As a result, your salivary gland start to swell due to the reproduction of the infection. Usually people start to become infectious to other people around them. It is advised by healthcare professionals to stay home
[1, 4, 5, 9, 13] There have been no documented cases where a human has contracted the disease from another human. [4] It appears, based on field and lab data, that infection requires direct contact with the virus through means such as contact with infective bodily secretions, urine, or tissues. [12] It is unknown to scientists how the virus can be maintained in the bat populations and avoids extinction as the host species becomes immune to its presence. [14] The incubation period from time of infection to the onset of symptoms is about 5-14 days in experimentally induced animals [4] and 8-14 days in natural field cases.
Symptoms, which include diarrhea and abdominal pain, usually begin two to eight days after a person has been exposed to the bacteria and resolve within a week.
Cholesteatoma is a growth of excess skin or a skin cyst (epithelial cyst) that contains desquamated keratin and grows in the middle ear and mastoid (Thio, Ahmed, & Bickerton, 2005). A cholesteatoma can grow and spread, destroying the ossicles, tympanic membrane and other parts of the ear. They appear on the pars flaccida and pars tensa sections of the tympanic membrane. A cholesteatoma can occur when a part of a perforated tympanic membrane is pushed back into the middle ear space, debris and skin cells can build up forming a growth. It can obstruct tympanic membrane movement and movement of the ossicles. As the layers grow, the amount of hearing loss can increase. A cholesteatoma can be congenital (present at birth) or be acquired as a result of another disease. They can also be formed as a result of a surgery, trauma, chronic ear infection, chronic otitis media, or tympanic membrane perforation. It can develop beyond the tympanic membrane and cause intracranial and extracranial complications. Due to this patients can experience permanent hearing loss as a result of an infection of the inner ear as well as other serious health concerns. These include dizziness, facial nerve weakness and infections of the skull (Hall, 2013). Patients may present chronically discharging ear, hearing loss, dizziness, otalgia (ear pain), and perforations (marginal or attic).
and European Government by implying that the public are at a healthier standpoint by taking the vaccine while in actuality individuals may be at more harm by taking the vaccine versus having the virus. Firstly, Merck admits that the MMRII vaccine can cause serious life threaten conditions such as Vasculitis (inflammation of the blood vessels), Pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas), Diabetes, Thrombocytopenia (low blood platelet count), Chronic arthritis, Encephalitis (inflammation of the brain), and Panniculitis (inflammation of the subcutaneous fat layer). Several of these conditions are brought on by the live viruses in MMRII alone. Additionally, vaccines eliminate all possibility of a person developing lifelong immunity to infectious diseases like measles because they circumvent innate immunity, the body’s first line of defense against disease, exposing the adaptive immune system to viral components that it would never otherwise encounter. This causes permanent damage to the immune system and helps explain why many people today are stricken with autoimmune disorders that prior to vaccines were virtually nonexistent. Where in fact, natural exposure to measles is generally mild and imparts permanent immunity which is a nature’s
The Measles starts with a fever, runny nose, cough, red eyes, and sore throat. It is then followed by a rash that spreads over the body, starting first on the face along the hairline. The infectious period of measles is 4 days before rash onset through 4 days after rash onset. The measles are a highly contagious virus that lives in the nose and throat mucus and spreads through the air through coughing and sneezing. (WHO, 2016). The measles virus can remain airborne for up to an hour after the infected person has left the area. The measles are so contagious that if one person has it, 90% of the unvaccinated people close to them will become infected. Rarely can the virus be deadly. The incubation period for
Otitis Media (OM) is a common middle ear infection that occurs from a build up of fluid within the middle ear (Williams, 2003). This build up of fluid, or pus, is caused by a viral or bacterial infection within the middle ear (Williams, 2003). It is a common disease in childhood that can affect children and infants from as young as 6 weeks of age (Williams, 2003). Some symptoms include redness and inflammation within the ear canal, a bulging tympanic membrane, earaches, loss of hearing, and even nausea, dizziness and vomiting (Williams, 2003; Rural Health Education Foundation, 2014). As young children who develop the infection may not be able to communicate that their ears are sore, they will instead try and relieve this
Back in the ancient’s time during the pre-historic era as far as 1000 AD this disease was not very much known to people but have said to be found on an Egyptian Pharaoh Ramesses V mummy who died in 1157BC (Henderson, Fenner, Arita, Ladnyi, 1988 p 209-210). There was evidence of pustule eruption and rash that have been seen on the mummy similar to the description of a variola virus. Part of the idea of where this disease came from is unknown and where the origin of this disease is very much not clear. This disease that is known to be contagious and deadly at times is called smallpox. The early civilization had believed smallpox was originated from Africa and soon had spread though out the world like China and India (Fenn, 2003).
Smallpox is spread by what is called “droplet infection.” “Droplets” refers to body fluid that escapes into the open air such as moisture does when you sneeze. The smallpox virus also remains active on a human corpse for up to three weeks and can be passed through the dead host to the living host that way and also through items such as blankets and clothing, which remain infected for up to one year.
Mumps, also known as parotitis, is a infectious disease discovered by Ernest William Goodpasture and Claude D. Johnson in 1934. Symptoms may be swollen and painful salivary glands, a fever, headache, fatigue, and appetite loss (Mayo Clinic). This disease started off affecting the armies during their mobilization. More than 50% of soldiers during WW1 were hospitalized for the infectious disease. During this time they didn’t have a vaccine, which means it infected the body more seriously than it does now. It used to cause hearing loss and even deafness (wasn't as common). The mumps infection sometimes lead to meningitis to most men.
The origin of the disease was lost in early history, but smallpox was a disease that dates back to ancient times that did not discriminate against anyone, affecting all levels of society. It conquered kings, queens, emperors, and attacked the lower classes as well. It is spread by physical contact and begins by invading the body through the lungs, spreads throughout the bloodstream, infects the organs, and finally leaves a terrible rash on the skin. A person who has smallpox was typically distinguished by a fever, headache, and vomiting. A pink rash appears after a few days and the hives grow until they eventually dry up and leave a sunken scar. Unfortunately, once the infection has occurred in, there was no effective treatment to cure the disease and over 30% of the cases were fatal, making smallpox the most
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