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mumps disease treatment :: Article Creator Medications And Drugs For Treatment Of Mumps Mumps is a contagious viral infection that typically causes a painful swelling of one or more of the salivary gland. Mumps most commonly occurs in children aged 2-12 years who have not been vaccinated against the disease. However, it can occur at any age. It was a common childhood disease before the development of the mumps vaccine (MMR vaccine). Mumps - Is It The Forgotten Disease? Swollen glands below the ears are a classic sign of mumps There has been a sharp increase in cases of mumps this year in England - but the viral illness which can cause swollen glands (and, more rarely, testes) has been around for a very long time. Way back in the 5th Century BC, Hippocrates is thought to be the first person to have recorded the symptoms of the disease. The Greek physician described "swellings... About the ears, in ma...