Mumps is a viral illness that causes flu-like symptoms and swelling of the parotid salivary glands under the ears. This often results in a puffy, swollen appearance in the cheeks and jaw.

particularly the parotid glands. This gives a person with mumps a distinctive "hamster face" appearance. But the face is not the only part of the body that can swell up - in rare cases ...

This is a result of the mumps virus causing the swelling and inflammation of one or both parotid glands, which sit in front of the ears. It can lead to difficulty opening the mouth to talk ...

Painful, swollen glands just below the ear are telltale sign of the mumps. Doctors call this “parotitis,” and it can happen on one or both sides of the face. But fewer than half of the folks ...

Mumps is a highly contagious viral infection with an incubation period of 14-18 days from exposure to onset of symptoms. The virus usually spreads through saliva affecting the parotid salivary glands.

In the final programme presenter Ola Animashawun and Dr Trisha Macnair take a look at the Parotid Gland, mumps and a portwine birthmark. And at the end of the programme Ola, Dr Trisha Macnair and ...

Kerala reports more than a 30% surge in mumps cases, prompting calls to reintroduce the MMR vaccine and raise public ...