Mumps is not new to all of us. Many people had it when they were young. This kind of disease is contagious, so it is also an infectious disease. Will mumps cause infertility when they grow up? If got parotitis how should treat? Let's take a look at the following article.
Can having mumps lead to infertility
There is a certain probability that having mumps will affect your health. The female shows the dissimilation of ovarian function, while the male shows asthenospermia.
Mumps has a very small chance of complicating with orchitis, oophoritis, etc., which may seriously develop into azoospermia, premature ovarian failure, etc., affecting future fertility. Especially in adults with mumps, the risk of complications will increase. We need to pay more attention to whether there are complications and actively cooperate with doctors.
Prevention of mumps
1. Vaccination is the most effective way to prevent mumps. At present, measles, mumps and rubella triple vaccine are often used. The positive conversion rate of antibody after vaccination can reach 96%. However, pregnant women, immunodeficient children and those who are allergic to eggs should not use it. Children should be vaccinated on time, one and a half year old and one six-year-old. Children under the age of 15 can be vaccinated.
2. Drug prevention measures can be taken, but the effect is slightly worse than vaccination. Take 30g of isatis root or 9g of honeysuckle in decoction, 1 dose per day for 6 consecutive days, with certain effect.
3. To isolate the source of infection, during the epidemic period of respiratory diseases, try to reduce to crowded public places; when going out, wear masks, especially on the bus; once the child is found to have suspected mumps, fever or upper respiratory symptoms, timely go to the hospital for treatment, which is conducive to early diagnosis and treatment.
4. The most important thing is to develop good personal hygiene habits, to do "four frequently and one more" -- wash hands frequently, ventilate frequently, bask in clothes and quilt frequently, exercise frequently and drink more water.
How to treat mumps
1. The parotid gland is swollen, the pain is obvious, and the general symptoms (such as high fever) are obvious
It is suggested that antiviral drugs, antibiotics and vitamin C should be given intravenously for 3-5 consecutive days. After the symptoms are obviously improved, antiviral drugs should be taken orally for 3-5 days. After about 10 days of systematic treatment, the vast majority of children can be cured without any sequelae. For parotid gland swelling is very serious, in addition, we can consider using some Chinese medicine external application to promote swelling, but we should pay attention to skin protection to avoid skin damage. It should be reminded that it is impossible to cure the mumps completely only by external application, and even leave complications, such as recurrent mumps, etc. Those with mild symptoms can be cured by taking antiviral drugs, antibiotics and VC orally for about 7-10 days.
2. TCM Treatment
Dispel the wind and remove the exterior, clear away the heat and detoxify. Use 60-90g water decoction of Banlangen or 15g water decoction of Yinji powder and big green leaves; use Zijin ingot or Qingdai powder to mix with vinegar for local external application, several times a day for local application; or use thin Gongying, yatuocao, Narcissus root, purslane and other mashed external application to reduce local pain. If necessary, take antipyretic and analgesic drugs such as Qutong tablet and aspirin.
3. Treatment of complications
a. Concurrent meningeal encephalitis, orchitis, myocarditis: short-term use of corticosteroids. For example, hydrocortisone, 200-300mg / day for adults or 40-60mg / day for prednisone, for 3-5 consecutive days, may be reduced for children. Patients with myocarditis were treated with vitamin C and myocardial nutrition drugs.