Popularity mumps are an acute respiratory infectious disease caused by mumps virus. The disease has obvious seasonality. Spring is a popular season, and cases can be distributed throughout the year.This disease occurs in children and adolescents, especially children aged 5-9 years old, accounting for about 80%-90%of clinical cases. It is mainly transmitted through the saliva of children and the droplets of some secretions in the nasopharynx.Within 2 weeks before and after mumps, there is strong contagiousness.Studies have shown that the disease can cause male infertility.
Popularity mumps are mostly virus infections and are affinity with glandular and nerve tissues.This virus likes to infringe mature gonads, such as testicles.Adolescents or adults are often accompanied by epipoilylitis with epidemic mumps.Generally manifested as unilateral testicular swelling and pain. After treatment, it will not affect fertility. However, a few severe bilateral testositis can shrink the testicular, lose function and cause infertility.
Pinomyitis usually appears 4-7 days after the onset of epidemic mumps, resulting in mild testicular atrophy, performing fibrosis, and reduced fertility.There is also a difference between the recovery of fertility after the epidemic mumps and testosteritis. Some patients continue to infertility, while other patients need to recover the essence function for up to two years, and only 5%of patients who have no fertility at all.Patients with steroid hormone and mumps vaccine can protect their fertility.
(Editor in charge: Internship Zhang Yiwen)
