Question

The disease mumps is
A. Inflammation of tonsils
B. Infection of skin
C. Cancer of cheeks
D. Inflammation of salivary glands.

Answer 1

Hint: This is a disease caused by infection. In this disease, the salivary glands of patients show swell up parotid, found behind ears is also affected.

Complete answer: Mumps is a viral infection.
This is caused by the saliva of an infected person.
Symptoms of this disease are fever, headache, pain, and swelling in salivary glands, and tiredness.
This is caused by Paramyxovirus.
Vaccines are available for the prevention of mumps.
Symptoms of mumps generally last about 10 days.
Once you recover, you are immune from getting the mumps virus for the rest of your life.

So, the correct answer is “Option D”.

Note: Mumps generally lasts for 2 weeks. Once the patient is recovered his body develops an immune system against this disease. This can be contagious in some cases.
Children at the age of 2-12 have a high risk of contracting mumps. Parotid glands also swell up.
This is also called viral parotitis. If any person is infected by this virus during adult age his genital organs (ovary and testis) are also infected. This causes sterility.