Mumps: More than Just Swollen Glands

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (U.S.) ; American Academy of Family Physicians. ; American Academy of Pediatrics. ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  Mumps can be dangerous ; Illustration of head profile with brain and ear ; Before there was a vaccine, mumps was one of the most common causes of: ; • Deafness and ; • Meningitis (infection of the brain and spinal cord covering) in childhood. ; Mumps can also lead to ; • Encephalitis (swelling of the brain) in some children. ; Symptoms of Mumps ; Illustration of young child with text and arrows pointing to various parts of the body ; • Fever ; • Headaches ; • Swollen glands under the ears or jaw ; • Muscle aches ; Mumps is Contagious ; Here's how it's spread… ; • Coughing and sneezing ; Illustration of two people facing each other; one is coughing and sneezing, spraying particles ; • Touching objects or surfaces with unwashed hands ; Illustration of particles on sippy cup and on hand touching the sippy cup ; Measles in the United States ; From year to year, mumps cases in the U.S. range from roughly a couple hundred to a couple thousand. ; Graphic of U.S. map covered with dots ; Protect Your Child ; The MMR vaccine protects against measles, mumps and rubella. Doctors recommend that your child get 2 doses of MMR for best protection. Your child will need one dose at each of the following ages… ; • Dose #1 at 12 through 15 months ; • Dose #2 at 4 through 6 years ; Immunization. Power to Protect ; Learn more at www.cdc.gov/vaccines/parents ; mumps-infographic.pdf
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• Subjects:
  • Child
  • Infant
  • Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine
  • Mumps/prevention & control
  • Vaccination
• Series:
  Diseases and the Vaccines That Prevent Them ; Enfermedades y las vacunas que las previenen
• Document Type:
  Still Image
• Genre:
  Infographic
• Pages in Document:
  1 poster
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/52607/cdc_52607_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 922.07 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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