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
  
  
• 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
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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