What to do if your child has mumps

Children's physical health is of great concern to many adults. As a common clinical disease, it may also occur in children. Many children have a relatively high chance of suffering from mumps, and the causes are relatively complicated. In cases like this, timely treatment measures must be taken to prevent mumps from worsening. So what should you do if your child has mumps?

1. Fever and parotid gland local care:

For children with a fever over 39°C, you can use cold compresses on the head, warm water baths, alcohol baths to reduce the fever, or use antipyretics under the guidance of a doctor. In the early stages of cheek swelling, you can use a cold towel for local cold compresses to cause local blood vessels to constrict, thereby reducing the degree of inflammation and congestion and relieving pain.

2. Oral care:

Pay attention to oral hygiene. Let the child rinse his mouth or brush his teeth with light salt water after meals and before going to bed to remove food debris in the mouth and teeth and prevent secondary bacterial infection. For babies who cannot rinse their mouths, parents should feed them boiled water frequently, which can also help clean their mouths.

3. Pay attention to the condition and detect complications early:

When a child gets mumps, in addition to observing body temperature, cheek swelling and pain, you should also pay attention to the occurrence of complications. If the child has high fever, headache, vomiting, stiff neck, drowsiness or irritability, or even convulsions and confusion, he may have meningitis or encephalitis. Boys over 12 years old who experience testicular prolapse, swelling, and pain may have orchitis. If the child has persistent high fever, nausea, vomiting, and left upper abdominal pain, acute pancreatitis should be considered. If any of the above three situations occur, the child should be sent to the hospital for inpatient treatment in time.