Mumps and chickenpox

You might think of chicken pox, mumps, and measles as conditions children have, but there’s nothing to stop adults from getting them as well. Click through the slideshow from WebMD to see health. Both chickenpox and mumps are vaccine preventable diseases. Mumps is a viral illness caused by a paramyxovirus.

Mumps usually involves pain, tenderness, and swelling in one or both parotid salivary glands. All three diseases are very contagious.

If your child is not vaccinate he can get one of the diseases through contact with another infected child. Each disease can have serious complications, so prevention is the key to keeping your child safe and healthy. MEASLES (M) can cause fever, cough, runny nose, and re watery eyes, commonly followed by a rash that covers the whole body.

Mumps can cause swelling in one or both of these glands. Mumps was common in the United States until mumps vaccination became routine. And it can lead to serious complications, like hearing loss.

Since then, the number of cases has dropped dramatically. Although mumps is rare, infections can still happen in places where people are in close.

Getting chickenpox or mumps gives lifelong immunity (unlike the vax), but can be more dangerous in adulthood. Children are more likely to be infected as they haven’t yet developed immunity to them and they tend to gather in groups and come into closer contact with each other. Immunisation is the best protection against measles, mumps , rubella and chickenpox.

During pregnancy, chickenpox poses certain risks. It is an extremely contagious viral infection of the salivary glands which usually affects children. The combination measles, mumps , rubella, and chickenpox vaccine is convenient for parents and young children-four vaccines in only one shot.

But research shows that this combination vaccine may increase the risk of fever-related seizures in children. Alternatively, mumps vaccination is available as part of the newer MMRV (measles, mumps , rubella, and varicella) combination vaccine, which also protects against chickenpox. Chickenpox can sometimes cause serious problems.

They may need to take antiviral medicines. Once you catch chickenpox , the virus usually stays in your body. You probably will not get chickenpox again, but the virus can cause shingles in. Like mumps , rubella (also known as German measles) does not pose a serious threat to children who are infected.

However, rubella can cause birth defects in pregnant women. Being immunized early in life helps protect girls. MMR vaccine (measles, mumps , rubella vaccine) is the most commonly used form of the vaccine, formulated in combination with vaccines for measles and rubella.

Kids (and some adults) need the chickenpox vaccine.

Almost no one needs the smallpox vaccine. While chickenpox is a mild disease for most, it can sometimes cause dangerous problems. The chickenpox vaccine is a live, attenuated vaccine and is not recommended for people with weakened immune systems.

It is available as a single vaccine, and it is also available as part of the MMRV vaccine (measles, mumps , rubella, and varicella vaccine). It is important to stay at the clinic for minutes after immunization because people can have a rare but serious allergic reaction (anaphylaxis). If anaphylaxis happens, you will be given medicine to treat the symptoms.

It causes an itchy rash with small, fluid-filled blisters. Today, a vaccine is available that protects children against chickenpox. The mumps and chickenpox viruses are easily preventable through vaccination, says the CDC.

The mumps virus is a Rubulavirus in the Paramyxovirus family and is spread by droplets of saliva or mucus from the mouth, nose, or throat of an infected person, usually when the person coughs, sneezes or talks. Furthermore, the virus is highly contagious to people who haven’t had the disease or been vaccinated against it. Start studying Medical Terminology Ch 4. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools.

It begins as a blister-like rash that originates on the face and trunk.