My 21 year old daughter phoned me last Thursday to say she had been to the doctor as feeling unwell and her cheek hurting and swollen. She is at university and the doctor said there had been quite a lot of cases of Mumps amongst the students and took blood etc. and advised her to come home for recuperation to stop infecting others etc.
My daughter is really peeved off. Not just for having to go through the pain and stuff but for missing her studies (she's got a few more months to graduate) and a lot of her tutors are on strike to top it all.
Even though I made sure she had all the MMR vaccinations as a baby/toddler/child she has still contracted Mumps?
Apparently there are so many unvaccinated 20/21 year olds for the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) that it is creating a come back for these diseases.
Can anyone help if they have had their college/university age adult children had Mumps and how long will it be until they can go back and mingle with their peers?
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Daughter sent home from university with Mumps even though she had the MMR
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sister1 · 01/03/2020 00:19
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