Mumps REALITY

Propaganda & Truth

From the MacMillan Guide to Family Health 1982
Mumps considered safe pre-vaccine:
"A fairly common risk of mumps is the swelling of testes in a boy or
the ovaries in a girl. This is much more common in an adult. Invariably
the swelling goes down after a few days leaving no ill effects. It is
excessively rare for the swelling to cause sterility. A rare
complication is acute pancreatitis which passes within a few days.
"Mumps is generally a mild disease. The usual outcome is complete
recovery within about 10 days" ----From the MacMillan Guide to Family
Health 1982

In contrast 1995 -- From the British Medical Association Complete
Family Health Encyclopaedia 1995:
"Mumps is an acute viral illness mainly of childhood.... Serious
complications are uncommon. However, in teenage and adult males, mumps
can be a highly uncomfortable illness in which one of both testes
become inflamed and swollen.... Most infections are acquired at school
or from infected family members. In the U.S., where many states
required proof of mumps vaccination for school entry, the incidence has
dropped markedly over the last 20 years. In the U.K. by contrast,
before routine immunisation was introduced in 1988, mumps affected a
large proportion of the population at sometime in their lives, usually
between the ages of 5 and 10. An occasional complication of mumps is
meningitis----- A less common complication of mumps is pancreatitis
which causes abdominal pain and vomiting. In males after puberty,
orchitis (inflammation of the testes) develops in about a quarter of
the cases. Subsequently the affected testis may shrink to smaller than
normal size. In rare cases, mumps orchitis affects both testes leading
to infertility." (The book also contains strong warnings about the
consequences of older people coming into contact with those infected
with mumps.)

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* WAS a common disease of childhood - is worldwide

* Notifiable - must notify health department of the case

* Endemic but often increase in winter and spring

* Usual age - before & after vaccine - 5 - 19

* Transmitted by - genus paramyxovirus virus, family
paramyxoviridae(same family as measles virus) - that usually spreads
through saliva and can infect many parts of the body, especially the
parotid salivary glands. The parotid salivary glands, which produce
saliva for the mouth (which is used in digestion), are found toward the
back of each cheek, in the area between the ear and jaw. In cases of
mumps, these glands typically swell and become painful. (other things
besides mumps can cause swelling of salivary glands)

* Highly Contagious Disease - transmitted by fluids from nose & mouth
- sneezing, coughing & laughing can spread or direct contact with
tissues, drinking glasses, etc. - contagious from 2 days before
symptoms to 6 days after end (approximately)

* Incubation Period (time from exposure until becomes ill) - 12 to 25
days, but the average is 16 to 18 days. Usually recover from mumps in
about 10 to 12 days. It takes about 1 week for the swelling to
disappear in each parotid gland, but both glands don't usually swell at
the same time

* Diagnosed - by the symptom picture - HOWEVER nowadays people do not
know how to diagnose this and may be missed or misdiagnosed (and maybe
always it was) so blood test recommended............
http://virology-online.com/viruses/MUMPS5.htm
ONLY 1 genotype for mumps
During mumps infection, several non-specific findings may be present
in the blood. The WBC may be low with lymphocytes predominating. ESR
and CRP may be normal or slightly elevated. Amylase levels may be
elevated.

Serology - a serological diagnosis is usually made by finding a
significant increase in Ab titres in 2 serum samples taken 10 - 14
days apart. In some cases, the detection of IgM may be used to
diagnosis acute infection. Although only 1 serotype of mumps exist,
cross-reactions between mumps virus and paramyxovirus makes serological
results difficult to interpret on occasions. Several techniques are
available
Saliva & urine also can be tested but tests take longer

* Symptoms - (usual)

* In some cases, signs and symptoms of mumps are so mild that no one
suspects a mumps infection. Doctors believe that about one in three
people may have a mumps infection without symptoms.

* Painful swelling of the parotid glands (under the cheeks and jaw) -
making the child look like a hamster with food in its cheeks. The
glands usually become increasingly swollen and painful over a period of
1 to 3 days. The pain gets worse when the child swallows, talks,
chews, or drinks acidic juices (like orange juice). Both the left and
right parotid glands may be affected, with one side swelling a few
days before the other, or only one side may swell. In rare cases, mumps
will attack other groups of salivary glands instead of the parotids.
If this happens, swelling may be noticed under the tongue, under the
jaw, or all the way down to the front of the chest.

* Fever
* Sore throat
* Headache
* Stiff neck
* Nausea and vomiting
* Drowsiness
* Loss of appetite.


* Complications - ALL EXTREMELY rare (and usually in more in adults)
* stiff neck, convulsions (seizures), extreme drowsiness, severe
headache, or changes of consciousness.
* abdominal pain that can mean involvement of the pancreas in either
sex or involvement of the ovaries in girls.
* In boys & adult males, watch for high fever with pain and swelling
of the testicles - orchitis, an inflammation of the testicles. Usually
one testicle becomes swollen and painful about 7 to 10 days after the
parotids swell. This is accompanied by a high fever, shaking chills,
headache, nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain that can sometimes be
mistaken for appendicitis if the right testicle is affected. After 3
to 7 days, testicular pain and swelling subside, usually at about the
same time that the fever passes. In some cases, both testicles are
involved. Even with involvement of both testicles, sterility is only a
RARE complication of orchitis. (they often try to make it sound like
its automatic sterility of mumps in boy after puberty. This is just
not true. Up to 20% of adolescent boys and men develop testicular
inflammation; fertility is impaired in 13%, but sterility is rare.
* inflammation and swelling of the brain and other organs, although
this is not common.
Encephalitis (inflammation of the brain) and meningitis (inflammation
of the lining of the brain and spinal cord) are both rare
complications of mumps. Symptoms appear in the first week after the
parotid glands begin to swell and may include: high fever, stiff
neck, headache, nausea and vomiting, drowsiness, convulsions, and other
signs of brain involvement.
* Pancreas involvement
* Ovary involvement, causing pain and tenderness in parts of the
abdomen.
* deafness, (which may not be permanent)
* infection heart or other organs
* during pregnancy - first trimester - possibility of spontaneous
abortion (rare)
* death very rare - but 1/2 of them in older than 20



Propaganda & Truth

From the MacMillan Guide to Family Health 1982
Mumps considered safe pre-vaccine:
"A fairly common risk of mumps is the swelling of testes in a boy or
the ovaries in a girl. This is much more common in an adult. Invariably
the swelling goes down after a few days leaving no ill effects. It is
excessively rare for the swelling to cause sterility. A rare
complication is acute pancreatitis which passes within a few days.
"Mumps is generally a mild disease. The usual outcome is complete
recovery within about 10 days" ----From the MacMillan Guide to Family
Health 1982

In contrast 1995 -- From the British Medical Association Complete
Family Health Encyclopaedia 1995:
"Mumps is an acute viral illness mainly of childhood.... Serious
complications are uncommon. However, in teenage and adult males, mumps
can be a highly uncomfortable illness in which one of both testes
become inflamed and swollen.... Most infections are acquired at school
or from infected family members. In the U.S., where many states
required proof of mumps vaccination for school entry, the incidence has
dropped markedly over the last 20 years. In the U.K. by contrast,
before routine immunisation was introduced in 1988, mumps affected a
large proportion of the population at sometime in their lives, usually
between the ages of 5 and 10. An occasional complication of mumps is
meningitis----- A less common complication of mumps is pancreatitis
which causes abdominal pain and vomiting. In males after puberty,
orchitis (inflammation of the testes) develops in about a quarter of
the cases. Subsequently the affected testis may shrink to smaller than
normal size. In rare cases, mumps orchitis affects both testes leading
to infertility." (The book also contains strong warnings about the
consequences of older people coming into contact with those infected
with mumps.)


* Mumps Vaccine in licensed in US in 1967; recommended for routine use
in 1977 in US -
* Shift of disease to adults & infants born of those adults (both
groups tend to have more complications)

http://www.whale.to/vaccines/mendelsohn.html#MUMPS
MUMPS

Mumps is a relatively innocuous viral disease, usually experienced in
childhood, which causes swelling of one or both salivary glands
(parotids), located just below and in front of the ears. Typical
symptoms are a temperature of 100-l04 degrees, appetite loss, headache,
and back pain. The gland swelling usually begins to diminish after two
or three days and is gone by the sixth or seventh day. However, one
gland may become affected first, and the second as much as 10-l2 days
later. The infection of either side confers life-time immunity.

Mumps does not require medical treatment. If your child contracts the
disease, encourage him to stay in bed for two or three days, feed him a
soft diet and a lot of fluids, and use ice packs to reduce the
swelling. If his headache is severe, administer modest quantities of
whiskey or acetaminophen. Give ten drops of whiskey to a small baby and
up to one-half teaspoon to a larger one. The dose can be repeated in
one hour and again in another hour, if needed.

Most children are immunized against mumps along with measles and
rubella in the MMR shot that is administered at about fifteen months of
age. Paediatricians defend this immunization with the argument that,
although mumps is not a serious disease in children, if they do not
gain immunity as children they may contract mumps as adults. In that
event there is a possibility that adult males may contract orchitis, a
condition in which the disease affects the testicles. In rare instances
this can produce sterility.

If total sterility as a consequence of orchitis were a significant
threat, and if the mumps immunizations assured adult males that they
would not contract it, I would be among those doctors who urge
immunization. I'm not, because their argument makes no sense. Orchitis
rarely causes sterility, and when it does, because only one testicle is
usually affected, the sperm production capacity of the unaffected
testicle could repopulate the world! And that's not all. No one knows
whether the mumps vaccination confers an immunity that lasts into the
adult years. Consequently, there is an open question whether, when your
child is immunized against mumps at fifteen months arid escapes this
disease in childhood, he may suffer more serious consequences when he
contracts it as an adult.

You won't find paediatricians advertising them, but the side effects of
the mumps vaccine can be severe. In some children it causes allergic
reactions such as rash, itching, and bruising. It may also expose them
to the effects of central nervous system involvement, including febrile
seizures, unilateral nerve deafness, and encephalitis. These risks are
minimal, true, but why should your child endure them at all to avoid an
innocuous diseaze in childhood at the risk of contracting a more
serious one as an adult?


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http://www.idph.state.ia.us/adper/ cade_content/epi_manual/mumps.pdf
Swelling of salivary glands can also be by cytomegaloviruses,
parainfluenza viruses 1 & 3, influenza A, Coxsackie A, echovirus,
lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus, AIDS, and non-infections causes
such as drugs, tumors, immunologic diseases, and obstruction of the
salivary duct.



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Some of the resources for above info.....
http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/inf...ral/mumps.html
http://www.whale.to/vaccines/measles12.html
http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/scieh/Su...ance/mumps.htm

"Sheri Nakken RN, MA, Hahnemannian Homeopath"
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Propaganda & Truth

From the MacMillan Guide to Family Health 1982
Mumps considered safe pre-vaccine:
"A fairly common risk of mumps is the swelling of testes in a boy or
the ovaries in a girl. This is much more common in an adult. Invariably
the swelling goes down after a few days leaving no ill effects. It is
excessively rare for the swelling to cause sterility. A rare
complication is acute pancreatitis which passes within a few days.
"Mumps is generally a mild disease. The usual outcome is complete
recovery within about 10 days" ----From the MacMillan Guide to Family
Health 1982

In contrast 1995 -- From the British Medical Association Complete
Family Health Encyclopaedia 1995:
"Mumps is an acute viral illness mainly of childhood.... Serious
complications are uncommon. However, in teenage and adult males, mumps
can be a highly uncomfortable illness in which one of both testes
become inflamed and swollen.... Most infections are acquired at school
or from infected family members. In the U.S., where many states
required proof of mumps vaccination for school entry, the incidence has
dropped markedly over the last 20 years. In the U.K. by contrast,
before routine immunisation was introduced in 1988, mumps affected a
large proportion of the population at sometime in their lives, usually
between the ages of 5 and 10. An occasional complication of mumps is
meningitis----- A less common complication of mumps is pancreatitis
which causes abdominal pain and vomiting. In males after puberty,
orchitis (inflammation of the testes) develops in about a quarter of
the cases. Subsequently the affected testis may shrink to smaller than
normal size. In rare cases, mumps orchitis affects both testes leading
to infertility." (The book also contains strong warnings about the
consequences of older people coming into contact with those infected
with mumps.)

Compared to the deaths caused by smallpox and Hib, mumps was a relatively
mild disease. As we learned more about the disease, we also learned more
about the complications. That is how an example of how science advances our
knowledge of diseases. In addition, mumps can cuawse spontaneous abortion
and permanent deafness. Personally, I am glad that I can hear, my testis
remained unswollen and my brain was not imflamed.

You seem to think that the MacMillan Family Health guide from 1982 is
extremely accurate. How sad.

Jeff