mumps outbreak in Iowa?
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Its another way to encourage mass hysteria and make people ignore the real issues.
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It's not 100%, but close to it.  Mumps, like many other viral illnesses, can produce lifelong immunity if you have had it.  However, it's not 100%.\n\nIt is, however, better immunity than the mumps vaccine - which confers about 80% immunity after one dose and a little over 90% after two.\n\nMost everyone should have had 2 doses of the MMR vaccine.  Especially if you live in areas where there are currently outbreaks!
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Hi there ... here's a great website that links you into specific families, etc. ... directly in Iowa:\n\nhttp://www.east-buc.k12.ia.us/00_01/Ami/ami_intro.htm
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maybe try the CDC web site
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This will help you:\nhttp://extension.missouri.edu/explore/agguides/pests/ipm1019.htm
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more beer - less mosquitos!
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It's more than likely an inflamed lymph gland, but it's a good idea to have it check out. Could be a symptom of Mono....
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Could be chicken pox's but I've never heard of anything that comes and goes. Measles, mumps, German measles...it could be a number of things. Your best bet would be to call her pediatrician in the morning and set up an appointment ASAP. It could be serious.
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yes i have never heard anyone having to get re-vaccinated against diseases like mumps regardless of what timescale it was done
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Vaccines give only about 80% protection, not 100%. There is still a 20% chance of getting the disease. Mumps is self- limited, lasting about 8 or 10 days. There is no specific treatment. Give paracetamol for fever and give soft food.
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Mumps are so painful. I had them when I was 8 years old. I remember telling my mother that my right jaw hurt and I had the chills, before I went to bed, but no fever, in the middle of the night I woke up and I was very sick. \n\nMumps cause you to swell up under your ears, around the neck and jaw area, and cheeks. Makes you look like a chimpmunk. It is difficult to eat anything you have to chew, you run a high fever and you are quite sick for a few weeks. \n\nThey have mump shots for boys because mumps can actually cause a male to go sterile.
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http://www.emedicine.com/ent/topic130.htm
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You might look at this page by the cdc
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i belive those defects came from living in the contamanated area that caused it, the goverment should be accounted for 'for not letting people know the damage that the area could cause .but it;s all about money with those people.. they don't tell nothing unless there court ordered too.i would seriously think of moving to a safer place than there.maybe the next thing your babies will get is cancer or ms..my cousin got ms cleaning offices in iowa yrs ago when they had a tornado there.she cleaned sludge out of office building and papers and all kind of debree.she is 30yrs old in a nurseing home'can't talk walk; or eat,,,,,,please talk to a lawyer or just move if possible,,,,,,,good-luck and god bless you all,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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Epstein-Barr virus, frequently referred to as EBV, is a member of the herpesvirus family and one of the most common human viruses. The virus occurs worldwide, and most people become infected with EBV sometime during their lives. In the United States, as many as 95% of adults between 35 and 40 years of age have been infected. Infants become susceptible to EBV as soon as maternal antibody protection (present at birth) disappears. Many children become infected with EBV, and these infections usually cause no symptoms or are indistinguishable from the other mild, brief illnesses of childhood. In the United States and in other developed countries, many persons are not infected with EBV in their childhood years. When infection with EBV occurs during adolescence or young adulthood, it causes infectious mononucleosis 35% to 50% of the time. \n\nSymptoms of infectious mononucleosis are fever, sore throat, and swollen lymph glands. Sometimes, a swollen spleen or liver involvement may develop. Heart problems or involvement of the central nervous system occurs only rarely, and infectious mononucleosis is almost never fatal. There are no known associations between active EBV infection and problems during pregnancy, such as miscarriages or birth defects. Although the symptoms of infectious mononucleosis usually resolve in 1 or 2 months, EBV remains dormant or latent in a few cells in the throat and blood for the rest of the person's life. Periodically, the virus can reactivate and is commonly found in the saliva of infected persons. This reactivation usually occurs without symptoms of illness. \n\nEBV also establishes a lifelong dormant infection in some cells of the body's immune system. A late event in a very few carriers of this virus is the emergence of Burkitt's lymphoma and nasopharyngeal carcinoma, two rare cancers that are not normally found in the United States. EBV appears to play an important role in these malignancies, but is probably not the sole cause of disease.\n\nMost individuals exposed to people with infectious mononucleosis have previously been infected with EBV and are not at risk for infectious mononucleosis. In addition, transmission of EBV requires intimate contact with the saliva (found in the mouth) of an infected person. Transmission of this virus through the air or blood does not normally occur. The incubation period, or the time from infection to appearance of symptoms, ranges from 4 to 6 weeks. Persons with infectious mononucleosis may be able to spread the infection to others for a period of weeks. However, no special precautions or isolation procedures are recommended, since the virus is also found frequently in the saliva of healthy people. In fact, many healthy people can carry and spread the virus intermittently for life. These people are usually the primary reservoir for person-to-person transmission. For this reason, transmission of the virus is almost impossible to prevent. \n\nThe clinical diagnosis of infectious mononucleosis is suggested on the basis of the symptoms of fever, sore throat, swollen lymph glands, and the age of the patient. Usually, laboratory tests are needed for confirmation. Serologic results for persons with infectious mononucleosis include an elevated white blood cell count, an increased percentage of certain atypical white blood cells, and a positive reaction to a "mono spot" test. \n\nThere is no specific treatment for infectious mononucleosis, other than treating the symptoms. No antiviral drugs or vaccines are available. Some physicians have prescribed a 5-day course of steroids to control the swelling of the throat and tonsils. The use of steroids has also been reported to decrease the overall length and severity of illness, but these reports have not been published.\n\nIt is important to note that symptoms related to infectious mononucleosis caused by EBV infection seldom last for more than 4 months. When such an illness lasts more than 6 months, it is fr
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"Mumps or epidemic parotitis is a viral disease of humans. Prior to the development of vaccination, it was a common childhood disease worldwide, and is still a significant threat to health in the third world.\n\nSymptoms of mumps tend to be mild, such as painful swelling of the salivary glands and testicles, rash and fever. In teenagers and adults, the symptoms can be more severe and complications (such as infertility or subfertility -- PMID 8692089, PMID 2368216, PMID 2100952) are relatively common, although still rare in absolute terms. The disease is generally self-limiting, and there is no specific treatment apart from controlling the symptoms with painkillers."
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You should see an endocrinologist.  I doubt that it is cancer, but something glandular is going on?  Are the lymph nodes in your armpits swollen also?\n\nAlso, are you male or female?  Can you clench your teeth?\n\nYou should definitely see at doctor soon.  I think you're a bit young for hodgkins or any other lymphoma.  But it could be something serious (but curable).  Plus, hopefully you've had a mumps vaccination.  This is a symptom of mumps but if you were vaccinated when you were a child you will be protected from this.  However, there is an outbreak of mumps recently, so make sure you check whether you have received it or not. \n\nIf your doctor won't see you today or soon, you should probably see another doctor.  Even at 17, you have to take charge of your own health and well-being.