It is an epidemic respiratory disease and prevalent in spring. It is also an acute feverish disease often happened to young children between 5~15 years old.
Major symptoms
- After 1~2 days latent period, it result premonitory symptoms like fever, headache, muscle ache, and so on. Later, swelling and ache are developed by the invasion through salivary glands (Usually through the parotid gland).
Route of infection
- Airborne infection by saliva or indirect/direct contact to a patient¡¯s saliva are the major route.
Latent period
- Latent period: 2 days ~ 8 days (3~4 days in average)
Preventive measures
- An infected child is advised to take a rest at home.
- After the swelling of the saliva gland, the things contaminated by the patient¡¯s saliva or secretion from respiratory organs should be sterilized for 9~10 days.
- Wash hands and feet and brush teeth right away after coming back home.
Vacation name And Vacation method
| Vaccination name |
Vaccination method |
| MMR (mumps) |
- Basic 1 time: 12~15 months after birth
- Additional 1 time : 4~6 years old
|
¡Ø Children should be vaccinated.
- ¢Ñ Wait! What is the period for a disease to be transmitted?
- - Diphtheria : Vaccination more than twice and until the test result to be negative
- - Pertussis : Up to 5 days after antibiotic medication
- - Measles, rubella : Up to 5 days after eruption
- - Mumps : Up to 9 days after the appearance of symptoms
- - Scarlatina : Up to 24 hours after starting the treatment
- - tuberculosis : Up to 2 weeks after starting the treatment
- - Malaria : Up to the point when generative cells do not appear on P.B Smear
- - Transmitting diseases that do not need to be quarantined for treatment
- Typhus, yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis, hydrophobia, hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, tetanus,
- leptospira, tsutsugamushi fever, hepatitis b, negative pulmonary tuberculosis
