How should i treat mumps?

Nothing much: Since mumps is a viral infection, no effective treatment is available. Fortunately, mumps vaccine is very effective even if long-term protection requires two doses of vaccine, typically given at 1 and 4 years of age. Mumps used to be a leading cause of viral meningitis and orchitis(inflammation of testicle) until universal vaccination against mumps was instituted.

Prevention: Mumps can be a very serious disease causing swollen glands, swelling of the testicles, encephalitis. It can lead to sterility. There are no good antiviral cures..Prevention is best thru immunizations.

It is viral infectio: Mumps are viral illness, is self limited, watch out for secondary complications. Keep intouch with your doc.

Prevention: Mumps virus is reasonably preventabe by receiving the proper doses of vaccine. This vaccine has decades of proven safety and efficacy.Keep in mind, it may be neccessary to boost your immune response with a booster dose in teens or adulthood. Mumps virus has no good medical therapy other than treating the symptoms.

Mumps: Mumps is a viral illness that takes its course. Treatment is symptomatic like using fever reducers and anti-inflammatory like Ibuprofen for pain/inflammation.

Cannot: Mumps is caused by a virus for which we do not yet have an effective and safe antiviral. It is managed by controlling symptoms and being alert for potential complications and managing these appropriately.