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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.) ********** * 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? ****** 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. ********** 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 |
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Mumps REALITY
"Sheri Nakken RN, MA, Hahnemannian Homeopath" wrote in message oups.com... 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 |
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