Mumps

[Tiredmumno1]

Has anyone elses child had mumps, what did you do

As this has not been answered before... My child has NOT had mumps as we immunised not preaching just encouraging others to consider the vacination.

The following might be helpful:

Encourage your child to drink plenty of cool fluids, especially water, but you should avoid drinking fruit juice because it stimulates saliva production, which can be painful.

A mild painkiller, such as ibuprofen or paracetamol, will help to reduce your pain and ease a mild fever. However, children 16 years of age or younger should not be given aspirin. It may also be soothing to hold a warm flannel against the swollen glands.

There is no cure for mumps.

Jolly,

Your child could still get mumps. The mumps part is has a high failure rate. There was and outbreak of mumps in north wales this year and 15 of the 16 cases had had two doses of the MMR.

How do you know the op has not vaccinated, I got whooping cough as a child and was fully vacinated. I also got rubella and was vaccinated. My son got the measles from the vaccine.

I have seen several cases on here of the mumps in fully vaccinated children. So encourage away but the vacines fail on a regualr basis.

agree with believer. please don't think that just because you have vaccinated your child will never get these diseases. they can, and many will.

tiredmum... have you seen the GP? what do they recommend?

I remember having mumps when I was 8, my brother had it at 4 and my sister at 14 (and my Dad in his 30s!).

It hurt quite a lot, so definitely pain killers like Calfen and Calpol...also drinking through a straw, and agree probably not juices (especially orange/lemon).

Apart from that, just distractions...books, DVDs, and lots of rest. And reassurance - it will pass

Oh, and I just remembered my little brother liked a cold face cloth to hold against his neck when it hurt.

I actually had it twice - probably didnt' fully engage on one side, and so came back a few weeks later

DS1 had mumps a few months ago. He had the MMR on schedule, but isn't due for the pre-school dose until the summer (he's 3.8).

It was (fortunately) quite mild, he had a very sore neck for a few days and wouldn't eat for about a week before the swelling started, but he recovered back to his normal destructive self quite quickly.

I hope your lo isn't suffering too much an recovers soon.

and recovers soon. (typing one-handed, d'oh)

Hi all, it was a misdiagnosis, as it has similar sypmtoms to glandular fever, he mentioned this and something to do with his tonsils he has given him antibiotics, he is already a lot better now, so i dont believe it is glandular fever, because of the behaviour, he has been suffering for more than a week, cos of the stupid doctors, i had to half tell them there job for them to try and diagnose. I shall take him to one of the more trusted gp's where i think he will rule out glandular fever, as it cant be treated with antibiotics. And just to let u know i am not a bad parent he had been immunised against mumps, but i was always told it was still possible to contract it as nothing is ever a hundred percent. Thanks to u all for replying. Wish us luck on the outcome