MUMPS was once a common childhood illness – that was until a vaccination for it was launched in the late Eighties. Now, on the whole, it’s relatively rare. But there are still sporadic outbre… ...

On the 2nd day of mumps a 26-year-old married Puerto Rican noticed pain and swelling in the right testicle. The temperature of 104°F. fell promptly on treatment with 75 mg. of cortisone 4 times ...

Mumps Symptoms . Most people infected with the mumps virus begin to feel ill about 16-18 days after exposure. There are ...

This condition is an infection of the testicle and sometimes the epididymis (epididymo-orchitis). Orchitis is when one or both of the testicles are inflamed or swollen. Many different types of ...

Orchitis refers to swelling and tenderness of one or both testicles. The condition typically occurs alongside certain infections, including mumps and STIs. While most people fully recover, some ...

Vaccination helped reduce the nation’s mumps cases drastically from 152,209 cases in 1968 to 231 in 2003. Cases remained low for decades before increasing since 2006. The U.S. reported 6,584 ...

Mumps is a virus that can lead to deafness, meningitis, painful swelling of the testicles or ovaries, and death. Mumps is spread from person to person through airborne droplets. ... The MMR vaccine ...

Possible causes of one testicle being bigger than the other include epididymitis, epididymal cysts, a hydrocele, testicular torsion, and more. Treatment depends on the cause. Self-exams can help ...

The mumps virus is highly contagious, spreading rapidly, and can lead to complications including meningitis, pancreatitis, and inflammation of the heart and ovarian/testicular swelling, to name ...

In this Case Study, Morris and Guimaraes present a 28-year-old man with left orchitis and an incidentally discovered right focal testicular mass. The authors suggest that, for a suspicious mass in ...

Vaccination helped reduce the nation’s mumps cases drastically from 152,209 cases in 1968 to 231 in 2003. Cases remained low for decades before increasing since 2006. The U.S. reported 6,584 ...