Epid parotitis

In Mangistau region 2 months of 2025  

    Registered epidemic of mumps disease 38.5% (5 cases) belonged to children under the age of 14. Among adults, 8 cases were recorded, including 20-29 years - 4 cases (30.8%), 30-39 years - 4 cases (30.8%). According to the contingent: organized group - 3 cases (23.1%). school student - 3 cases (23.1%), teacher - 1 (7.7%), unemployed - 1 (7.7%), others - 5 (38.4%).

Epidemicparotitis (pig neck) is a viral infectious disease caused mainly by inflammation of the parotid salivary glands.

The virus collects in the patient's oral cavity, mucous membranes of the nasopharynx, sputum, and saliva, and spreads into the air when the patient sneezes, coughs, and speaks. It enters the respiratory tract of a healthy person by airborne droplets, enters the blood and damages the salivary, genital and sleep glands through the blood.

1-2 days before the appearance of clinical symptoms, the patient experiences symptoms of infectious intoxication.  Headache, chills, weakness, muscle pain, loss of appetite. The penetration of the virus into the cells of the salivary gland leads to its inflammation, which is manifested externally by the characteristic swelling of the neck and ear region. The tumor is accompanied by pain that increases during chewing and talking, as well as dryness of the mouth due to the deterioration of salivary function. Swelling persists for several days, then gradually decreases and disappears. The total duration of the disease lasts two, rarely three weeks.

After the disease, the patient has constant immunity is formed.

In people who refuse vaccination; in spring and autumn due to the general decrease of immunity in these periods; during frequent colds; in patients undergoing long-term treatment with antibiotics or hormonal drugs; in people with chronic diseases; during unbalanced, irregular or insufficient nutrition; If personal hygiene and quarantine precautions are not observed, especially during contact with the patient, the risk of infection increases.

Failure to treat parotitis in time can cause many complications, for example: serous, parotitis meningitis; inflammation of ovaries, their atrophy, infertility; mumps encephalitis; deafness; diabetes, arthritis; myocarditis, convulsive syndrome; damage to the nervous system; retardation of mental development.

The main task of doctors in the process of treating parotitis is to prevent the development of complications. The patient is prescribed strict bed rest for 10 days or more depending on the situation. Statistics show that cases of developing orchitis are observed three times more often in case of non-observance of bed rest than in those who follow medical recommendations. In uncomplicated cases, the patient stays at home, hospitalization is necessary when severe complications occur or to prevent further spread of infection. It is important to provide adequate patient care, including: plenty of warm fluids to reduce intoxication; liquid or semi-liquid food that does not require chewing; regularly clean the teeth and rinse the mouth with boiling water or a weak soda solution; use of dry heating compresses for tumors. When complications develop, the doctor prescribes appropriate treatment according to indications.

Epidemicparotitis The most effective method of protection is vaccination. Epidemic mumps vaccination is carried out twice: the first at the age of 1 and the second at the age of 6.

For vaccination against mumps, a safe and effective vaccine combined with rubella and measles components (MMV) is used. href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%D0%AD%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%8F%D0%BB%D1%8B%D2%9B&action=edit&redlink=1">epidemic mumps vaccination status check-up, in the absence of vaccination - get a mumps vaccine.

- see a doctor at the first symptoms of the disease with catarrhal phenomena (high fever, headache, weakness), epidemic parotitis and follow all his instructions.

Head of the department of sanitary-epidemiological control of Mangistau region, department of epidemiological control of infectious and parasitic diseases -

Gulshat Shorbasova.

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/departament-kkbtu-mangistau/press/news/details/966548?lang=kk