Treatment: how is mumps treated? Poultices, remedies for manifestations, symptoms

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MUDr. Andrea Bullová
MUDr. Andrea Bullová
Physician

Mumps is a viral disease for which antibiotics do not work. Treatment is therefore only symptomatic. It helps to relieve the discomfort during the course of the infection.

The body can deal with the virus on its own.

As symptomatic treatment, drugs for temperature (antipyretics) and pain (analgesics) are given. Thorough hydration of the patient is very important.

As a first aid for the pain of swollen parotid glands, lukewarm compresses are used.

In aseptic meningitis, the patient is admitted to an intensive care bed and given anti-edema treatment.

In orchitis, boys are dressed with special briefs or temporarily wear a jockstrap. Antibiotics are given as prophylaxis against secondary bacterial infection.

If the disease is complicated by pancreatitis, it is treated primarily with a pancreas-sparing diet.

In case of recurrent vomiting, intravenous rehydration is the first choice treatment, and in severe cases also parenteral infusion nutrition.

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MUDr. Andrea Bullová
MUDr. Andrea Bullová
Physician
After graduating from an eight-year high school, I knew exactly who I wanted to become in life. Studying at the Faculty of Medicine at Comenius University in Bratislava fulfilled a long-held dream and I was able to start fulfilling my mission as a doctor. After obtaining my diploma and M.D. degree, my first professional steps led to the St. Elizabeth Cancer Institute in Bratislava. At the Stereotactic Radiosurgery Clinic I worked with patients with brain tumours and eye tumours. After a year of working with oncology patients, in 2020 I moved to the Neurology Clinic of SZU St. Michael's University Hospital in Bratislava, where I am still working today. I like to spend my free time outdoors, whether cycling, hiking or just walking in the nearby forest.
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