Mumps in adult males!

[fussymummy]

Anyone know how long mumps last in men?
Good friend of mine been in touch to say he has it but doesn't know much else!
Don't want to visit in case i carry virus back to my kids or catch it myself.

Any advice?

[StripeyKnickersSpottySocks]

A friend of mine had it as an adult and had to stay off work for 10 days.

[fussymummy]

Thanks for that.
Anyone else know anything about mumps?

[cmotdibbler]

My DH has just had it, and he was advised that he would be infectious until 3 days after the swelling started to go down - which can be 5 -7 days after it started. They are also infectious 3 days before the swelling comes up.
Can be very unpleasant for adult men !

[fussymummy]

Thankyou cmotdibbler.

Hope your hubby's fully recovered now!

[gess]

That's the problem with vaccinating against it in children (pushes up the age of the group that get it) it's not unusual in adults now.

Hope your friend is better soon, the main problem is if it results in swelling of the testes as that can cause sterility post puberty- but that's very very rare because if it does swell, usually only one is infected.

It's usually a very mild illness in children (1/3 of infected children don't show any symptoms). If you're my sort of age plus (36ish) then chances are you are immune anyway as it was so common when people of my age were kids. If you're in your 20's less likely and might be wise to definitely stay away.

[fussymummy]

My friend is 42!
He thought he'd already had it!
He already has 3 teenagers and has had the snip so hes not bothered about becoming sterile!!!
Just wanted to know how long it'll take to recover.

[gess]

he may have had it before- even natural immunity needs naural 'boosters' from re-exposure. Might help him have a mild case. He should be better soon- hope he doesn't swell too much!

[vole3]

My DH had it in March 2006 and our DS was conceived in the October. Mind you, he did turn into a hamster rather than John Wayne with the mumps. He felt a bit off colour for a couple of weeks and had to drink lots of cool liquids aka beer as it soothed his throat ;)
We didn't know if I'd had mumps, so I was on mump alert for about 3 weeks after his symptoms appeared, but I was fine and we presumed I had come into contact with it before.