{"id":121573,"date":"2016-10-12T03:25:40","date_gmt":"2016-10-12T03:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/more-than-400-people-infected-with-mumps-across-arkansas-state\/"},"modified":"2016-10-12T03:25:40","modified_gmt":"2016-10-12T03:25:40","slug":"more-than-400-people-infected-with-mumps-across-arkansas-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/more-than-400-people-infected-with-mumps-across-arkansas-state\/","title":{"rendered":"More than 400 people infected with mumps across Arkansas state"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Arkansas cities and towns have reported 427 recent mumps infections<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Mumps is an infection of the salivary gland, preventable by MMR vaccine\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><strong>The highly infectious virus is spread by saliva on cups, cutlery, plates\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Many do not experience symptoms but mumps can be devastating\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By<\/p>\n<p>Mia De Graaf For Dailymail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"follow-author\"><\/span><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"><span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-published\"><br \/>\n  <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Published:<\/span><br \/>\n  17:26 EST, 10 October 2016<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n | <span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-updated\"><br \/>\n  <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Updated:<\/span><br \/>\n  19:14 EST, 11 October 2016<br \/>\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"share-facebook\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-twitter\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-pinterest\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-gplus\">\n      <span class=\"g-interactivepost\"><br \/>\n        <a><\/a><br \/>\n      <\/span>\n        <\/li>\n<li class=\"share-email\">\n<p>                <span class=\"wai\">e-mail<\/span><br \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n<li class=\"share-icons\" id=\"shareLinkTop\">\n            <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>     <span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"count-number\">          58<\/p>\n<p class=\"count-text\">View <br \/> comments<\/p>\n<p>    <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">More than 400 people have been infected with mumps in Arkansas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The enormous outbreak, reported on Friday, has sparked an urgent investigation to contain the spread.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Cities and towns across the state have recorded at least 427 recent cases.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Most of the patients are children, with more than 30 schools reporting numerous infections.<\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-8e3495be09599803\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2016\/08\/03\/20\/36D865CF00000578-3722300-image-a-6_1470251150175.jpg\" height=\"634\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Mumps is a virus of the salivary gland. The infection is incurable and can lead to devastating illnesses in adults. Medics fear a new strain of the virus could be developing in Arkansas\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/>    <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Mumps is a virus of the salivary gland. The infection is incurable and can lead to devastating illnesses in adults. Medics fear a new strain of the virus could be developing in Arkansas<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wocc\">                                <span>WHAT IS MUMPS?\u00a0<\/span>                            <\/h3>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Mumps is a virus of the salivary gland.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It is spread through saliva, commonly on\u00a0glasses, plates and cutlery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The infection is incurable and can lead to devastating health concerns in adults.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Sufferers have lost their hearing, become infertile, and had swollen brains.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold\">SYMPTOMS?<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Some people do not experience any symptoms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Typically, symptoms include puffy cheeks, swollen glands, headaches, a fever, chills, fatigue, muscle aches, and a lack of appetite.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Sufferers have described feeling pain in their stomach, neck, pelvis, and testicles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Any students yet to get the MMR (mumps, measles, rubella) vaccination have been ordered to stay at home for 26 days if they are near an outbreak zone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Mumps is a virus of the salivary gland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The infection is incurable and can lead to devastating health concerns in adults.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Sufferers have lost their hearing, become infertile, and had swollen brains.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Some people do not experience any symptoms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Typically, symptoms include swollen glands, headaches, a fever, chills, fatigue, and a lack of appetite.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Sufferers have described feeling pain in their stomach, neck, pelvis, and testicles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Since widespread implementation of the MMR jab, it is now barely reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">As these maps (below) show, incidents of mumps are few and vaccinations rates are high.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A mumps infection can also travel to and infect other parts of the body.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">When this occurs it often causes swelling and discomfort in the affected area.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">One of those developments is orchitis, a swelling infections in the testicles which affects around 25% of post-pubescent males.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Roughly half the time it also causes the affected testicle to shrink in size.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Mumps can also lead to viral meningitis, acute pancreatitis, and oophoritis (swelling of one or both ovaries).<\/p>\n<ul class=\"rotator-panels link-bogr1 linkro-ccox\">\n<li>\n<p>          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2016\/10\/10\/16\/39489F9300000578-0-image-a-125_1476111700282.jpg\" width=\"62\" height=\"60\" \/><span>Is this a cure for Alzheimer&#8217;s? Gene therapy could help to&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2016\/10\/10\/22\/3949CA5B00000578-0-image-a-26_1476134071134.jpg\" width=\"62\" height=\"60\" \/><span>Still unsure whether or not you should carry a donor card?&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/a>\n      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In very rare cases (around 0.1 per cent) mumps can cause encephalitis, a life-threatening inflammation of the brain.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Symptoms of encephalitis include flu-like symptoms, headache, confusion, dizziness, change in personality, change in behavior, drowsiness, disorientation, seizures, and loss of consciousness.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Anyone suffering these symptoms after contracting mumps should call 911 immediately.\u00a0This condition requires emergency treatment in a hospital\u2019s intensive care unit (ICU).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"social-links-title\">Share or comment on this article<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"bigLinks sc-icns cleared\">\n<li class=\"facebook\">\n<p>                                    <span class=\"wai\">e-mail<\/span><br \/>\n                                <\/a>\n                            <\/li>\n<li class=\"share\" id=\"shareLinkBottom\">\n<p>                                <\/a>\n                            <\/li>\n<li class=\"social-stats social-stats-pipe\" id=\"shareCountBottom\">\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"addCommentButton\" class=\"add-comment\">\n<p>                                <\/a>\n                            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>            <!-- NOTE: WARNING: render-partial is a function --><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mol-fe-rotator-header channel-header\"> <span class=\"mol-fe-rotator-header-body\"> <span class=\"title\"> <span>Most watched<\/span> <span>News videos<\/span> <\/span> <\/span> <\/h2>\n<ul class=\"items-holder cleared\">\n<li class=\"mol-fe-rotator-item news\">  <span class=\"thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2016\/08\/09\/05\/3705FCBF00000578-0-image-m-19_1470718592328.jpg\" \/><\/span> <span class=\"colours-target description-wrapper\"> <span class=\"description\">CCTV captures final tragic moments of Mirna Salihin&#8217;s life<\/span> <\/span> <span class=\"colours-target description-mask\"><\/span> <\/a> <\/li>\n<li class=\"mol-fe-rotator-item news\">  <span class=\"thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2016\/10\/03\/16\/39104D8A00000578-0-image-a-42_1475509193548.jpg\" \/><\/span> <span class=\"colours-target description-wrapper\"> <span class=\"description\">Mother shaves daughters hair after she &#8216;bullies cancer girl&#8217;<\/span> <\/span> <span class=\"colours-target description-mask\"><\/span> <\/a> <\/li>\n<li class=\"mol-fe-rotator-item news\">  <span class=\"thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2016\/10\/04\/13\/39170F7F00000578-0-image-a-6_1475585163630.jpg\" \/><\/span> <span class=\"colours-target description-wrapper\"> <span class=\"description\">GRAPHIC CONTENT: &#8216;Ghost&#8217; 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