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Mumps in Children

Medical condition Mumps Other names Epidemic parotitis Child with mumps Parotitis and non-specific symptoms such as fever, headache, malaise, muscle pain, and loss of appetite Deafness, inflammatory conditions such as orchitis, oophoritis, and pancreatitis, and rarely sterility Usual onset 7—25 days after exposure Duration Usually less than two weeks Causes Exposure to someone with mumps Antibody testing, viral cultures, and reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction Prevention Vaccination Treatment , Usually excellent; case fatality rate of 1.