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MUMPS

MUMPS is an infection that mostly affects children between five and 15. Its main symptom is painfully swollen glands around the face. In less than one-third of cases no facial swelling occurs and mumps is only diagnosed when another illness (a complication) develops as a result of the infection.
Mumps is infectious, or catching. The most infectious period is usually before the symptoms start, generally from a few days before you get ill to five days afterwards. This is the time during which people pass the disease on.

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