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1. Isolate the source of infection: Once a child is found to have mumps, he must first live separately from healthy people immediately, and the room must be regularly spaced Ventilate and maintain air circulation. During the onset of the disease and before the swelling of the parotid gland subsides, you are not allowed to go to kindergarten or school to avoid infecting other children. Sick children should stay in bed and not be overtired.

2. Help relieve pain. In the early stage of cheek swelling, you can use a cold towel to apply local cold compress to shrink local blood vessels, thereby reducing the degree of inflammation and congestion and achieving the purpose of alleviating pain. You can also apply Ruyi Jinhuang loose tea or vinegar to the affected area to keep the local medicine moist to exert its effect and prevent dryness and cracking from causing pain. If a boy's testicles hurt, a bandage can be used to hold up the scrotum to relieve pain.

3. Lower body temperature. Check your child's temperature regularly and take cooling measures if necessary. Encourage children to drink more water to facilitate evaporation of sweat and heat dissipation. In case of high fever, you can use cold compress on the head, warm water or alcohol bath to physically cool down, or take an appropriate amount of antipyretic agent. Ribavirin, interferon or isatis root antiviral treatment can be given in the early stage of fever.

4. Arrange your diet reasonably. When suffering from mumps, the pain of sick children is often aggravated by opening the mouth and chewing food. Therefore, the sick children should be given nutritious and easy-to-digest liquid, semi-liquid, or soft food. Do not give the sick children food that is sour, spicy, or overly sweet. and dry and hard foods, because these foods can easily stimulate the parotid glands, increase secretion of the parotid glands, stimulate the red and swollen parotid duct openings, and aggravate the pain. The sick child should drink more water, which is beneficial to reducing fever and excretion of toxins.

5. Maintain your child’s oral hygiene: rinse your mouth with light salt water or brush your teeth after meals and before and after going to bed to remove food residue from the mouth and teeth to prevent secondary bacterial infection.

6. Bed rest. Ensure rest to prevent burnout. Severely ill children suffer from poor mental and physical strength due to high fever and should rest in bed to reduce physical exertion and help with recovery.

7. Disinfection: After a child suffers from mumps, the eating utensils used by the child should be separated from other people and boiled and disinfected regularly.

8. Observation of condition. Meningitis usually occurs about 1 week after the enlargement of the parotid gland, and the child will develop persistent high fever, severe headache, vomiting, neck stiffness, lethargy, irritability, or convulsions. They should be observed closely and if found in time, they should be sent to the hospital immediately. How to care for mumps 2

Treatment

There is currently no specific treatment for mumps, which mainly includes general treatment, drug treatment and traditional Chinese medicine treatment. The treatment cycle for mumps is generally 8 to 14 days.

Treatment cycle

The treatment cycle for mumps is generally 8 to 14 days.

General treatment

Treatment is mainly symptomatic and supportive care.

The patient needs to rest in bed until the swelling of the parotid gland completely subsides, and pay attention to oral ulcers.

Ensure daily fluid intake. Antipyretics and analgesics such as acetaminophen can be used to reduce local pain and reduce temperature.

Localized helium-neon laser irradiation has certain effects on pain relief and swelling. Symptomatic treatment including the application of dehydrating agents for high fever, headache, and vomiting can be given.

Drug treatment

Early application of ribavirin has certain effects.

There is no reliable evidence-based basis for the use of interferon. Patients with mumps, meningitis, and encephalitis are treated the same as other viral central nervous system infections.

For patients with orchitis, short-term application of adrenocortical hormones may be considered. Pancreatitis is mostly mild, and can be temporarily fasted and rehydrated. If necessary, atropine or scopolamine can be used.

Surgical treatment

This disease generally does not require surgical treatment.

Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment

Adopt both internal and external treatment, mainly Puji Disinfection Drinking Formula, which can be added or subtracted according to the syndrome, and local use of Zijin Tablets or Qingdai Powder mixed with vinegar.

Prognosis

Most patients with mumps have a good prognosis. Some individuals with severe complications such as severe encephalitis, myocarditis, nephritis, etc. must be treated carefully and actively rescued. A few may have permanent sequelae such as deafness and hearing loss. Mumps generally does not affect the natural life span, and the etiology test will be reviewed three weeks after recovery.

Can it be cured?

Patients with mumps can generally be cured.

How long can you live?

Mumps generally does not affect the natural life span.

Sequelae

Hearing damage requires attention, as a small number of patients may develop permanent sequelae such as deafness and hearing loss.

Re-examination

Patients with mumps should undergo a re-examination for etiological testing three weeks after they are cured.

Diet

The diet of patients with mumps should be light, delicious and nutritious. Reasonable distribution of nutrients, reasonable distribution of meals, and increased protein food intake. Avoid eating spicy and irritating foods, quit smoking and avoid drinking alcohol.

Dietary conditioning

Avoid spicy food: excessive intake of spicy food can easily irritate the affected area.

Avoid tobacco and alcohol: The nicotine and alcohol in tobacco are harmful substances and can irritate the affected area.

Avoid hard foods: Patients have difficulty chewing after surgery and should stimulate the affected area while eating.

Avoid eating foods that are too hot: Food that is too hot may damage the oral mucosa and is not conducive to the recovery of the affected area.

It is advisable to consume more nutrient-rich foods: such as milk, eggs, etc., which are rich in protein and easy to swallow.

Nursing care

Nursing care for patients with mumps should pay attention to oral hygiene and keep the affected area clean. In the process of taking care of patients, pay attention to whether there are complications such as meningitis, deafness, testicular-epididymitis, oophoritis, pancreatitis, etc., and pay attention to psychological counseling for patients at ordinary times. Mumps is an infectious disease. Family members should pay attention to protection during the care of patients to avoid cluster infections.

Care of the affected area

Pay attention to the cleaning and hygiene of the oral cavity and the affected area, and also need to avoid infection or be able to detect and deal with it in time when infection occurs. If the pain in the affected area is severe, you can take oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or apply ice to relieve pain.

Pay attention to isolation

Isolate the patient as early as possible until the parotid gland swelling has completely subsided to avoid spreading to susceptible people. Those who come into close contact with people in collective institutions are required to stay in observation and quarantine for 3 weeks. Since the mumps virus already exists in the saliva before the parotid glands swell, and people with latent infections can also shed the virus, pay attention to protection when caring for patients.

Condition monitoring

When caring for patients, pay attention to complications such as meningitis, deafness, testicular-epididymitis, oophoritis, and pancreatitis.

Prevention

Prevention of mumps mainly involves vaccination. Avoiding crowd gatherings and improving one’s own immunity also play a role. This disease can be used for early screening of the etiology of those who have not been vaccinated or who are immunocompromised.

Early screening

Early screening for pathogen detection can be performed on those who have not been vaccinated or have low immune function.

Preventive measures

Currently, children aged 18 to 24 months in all regions across the country must be vaccinated with one dose of measles, mumps, and rubella combined live attenuated vaccine. When the vaccine is insufficient, epidemic diseases can be vaccinated separately. Live attenuated mumps vaccine and rubella vaccine.

When an epidemic occurs, avoid going to crowded areas, such as shopping malls, tourist attractions, movie theaters, etc.

Develop good habits of exercise and improve the body’s immunity.

Pay attention to keeping a distance from mumps patients, avoid sharing tableware and other public supplies with them, and pay attention to disinfection indoors.