Most often, the cause is mumps, a contagious paramyxovirus characterized by symptoms such as swelling of the salivary glands and a tender, swollen jaw. Other viral causes include influenza (the ...

Mumps is highly contagious and is caused by a virus. Symptoms include fever, headaches, muscle aches, fatigue and loss of appetite, followed by swelling in the salivary glands around the ears and ...

Mumps, known for painful swelling of the salivary glands, can result in hearing loss and infertility. Rubella, also called German measles, is generally mild in children but can lead to birth ...

mumps is a contagious viral infection that affects the salivary glands and often causes puffy cheeks and a swollen jaw. In severe cases it can develop into viral meningitis if it moves in the ...

A person with mumps is contagious started a few days before their salivary glands begin to swell until up to five days after swelling begins. Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools leaders say ...

Case 3 (W.P.H. 785/55). A 27-year-old married man, on the 3d day of an attack of unilateral mumps, had pain but no swelling in the right testicle. He also had pain and swelling without redness in ...