Mumps. Oh bottom.

When i say that i catch everything going, please understand, that i am not exagerating. If there is a cold, i get it. If there is flu, i get it. Doesn't matter if i've had it recently. I will get it again.
Viruses, tummy bugs, headaches, eye infections, ear infections, anything at all...

At the weekend, i saw some members of my family and made the most of cuddling my godbrother Phil who i havent seen in aggesss.

Blow me down, got a message from my goddad this morning. Hes just been diagnosed with mumps.
Poor boy is handling it okay bless him, and i'vesent my love, but i'm a tidgy bit concerned, as i can't remember if i've been vaccinated or not, as i know there was the big blow up over the MMR at the time i would have been vaccinated and i can't remember which side of the fence my mum was standing on at the time.

Does anyone know anything about the symptoms of mumps and how long it is after contracting it that you start feeling the symptoms?

 

Not my field Whiley but I do know a little about it. I do not usually give medical advice by 'mail' (which includes messaging and forums) in fact I don't give medical advice at all nowadays but if it puts your mind at rest:

Gestation period is about 12 to 24 days. If in that time you get slight pain, or swelling, in the throat area or headache or slight fever then see your Dr. immediately.

Mumps is mainly contracted through contact with saliva so for now refrain from any heavy petting.

It is fairly rare in adults but for males especially it can be serious in that it can lead to swelling of the testes and impotence, BUT THIS IS RARE and don't panic everybody. Women can get other complications (so can guys actually) including tenderness of the breasts.

I don't like to ask your age but it is probable that you were vaccinated. If you were then no prob. Even if you weren't then it is often mild in adults, who rarely get it, so I wouldn't worry too much.

I repeat that it is many years since I dealt with mumps but I am sure my advice is still good.

 

I had it when my twins got it when at nursery, ahem years ago. It wasn't fun.... certainly not if you're pregnant, as I was..... Hope you don't get it, Whiley - better when you're a kid.

 

In our village, when you've got mumps, chicken-pox etc. as a child, everyone sends their kids round to play with you. Better caught as a child than as an adult. Some people never catch it, they just carry it. Hope you're one of the latter