Post Date December, 03 2023
Recently, many parents have left messages saying that they have read reports that "children with mumps may experience infertility in the future." They are very worried and want to know the specific details. Below, we will introduce to parents and friends that children with mumps should be careful of future infertility. Come and take a look!
Teenagers suffer from mumps, beware of infertility!
Many parents know that even if their children suffer from mumps and do not seek treatment at the hospital, they will automatically recover by taking some medicine or resting for a few days at home. For this reason, they often do not take mumps as a matter of fact. Indeed, mumps is a self limiting disease that can self heal, but once complications of mumps occur, it may lead to future infertility in the child.
Although both are mumps and their symptoms are generally the same as judged by ordinary people, there are significant differences in their nature and treatment methods. So, how much do you know about mumps, a commonly used earthwork disease in the folk?
Children with mumps are usually divided into two types: viral mumps and purulent mumps. Epidemic (viral) mumps is an acute respiratory infectious disease caused by the virus invading the parotid gland, which usually results in lifelong immunity after a single infection. Suppurative mumps is caused by bacterial infection and can be repeatedly infected. Generally speaking, most children suffer from viral mumps, and there are relatively few children with purulent mumps
Self medication, reliable or unreliable
Recently, a netizen inquired online, "My child has mumps, and the doctor has prescribed a traditional Chinese medicine anti-inflammatory tablet made from Andrographis paniculata. I would like to consult Mr. Fang, is this useful. Regarding this, the famous anti counterfeiting fighter Fang Zhouzi responded, "Mumps is caused by a viral infection, and most people will self heal. In foreign countries, except for pain relief and fever reduction, treatment is generally not given (and there is no medicine to treat), so do not use traditional Chinese medicine for this. Eating traditional Chinese medicine can actually have side effects
Because for two different types of diseases, epidemic (viral) mumps and purulent mumps, the treatment methods are not the same, and we cannot all hope that the disease will heal itself. For example, purulent mumps often requires injection of antibiotics. Even if the child has been diagnosed with viral mumps, it is necessary to ensure that the child has no other complications in order to "let go" appropriately and help them self heal through diet, rest, and other methods, otherwise it may lead to more serious consequences. Life is precious, we cannot ignore the possibility of one tenth or one hundred percent
As for the saying 'don't use traditional Chinese medicine for this', it still needs to be discussed. In fact, many rural children who suffer from mumps do not go to the hospital for treatment, but instead use local remedies such as cacti or cactus balls that are beneficial for promoting blood circulation and resolving blood stasis, or take indigo root and houttuynia cordata. Many doctors also use some traditional Chinese medicine formulas to promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis when treating viral mumps.
(Intern Editor: Lin Yanjuan)
