Clinical Profile and Social Impact of Mumps in Children During a Recent Outbreak at a Tertiary Care Hospital in West Delhi

IntroductIonMumps is a viral illness characterized by painful swelling of unilateral or bilateral parotid glands.It has two phases: prodromal phase and the swelling phase. 1,2Before the swelling of parotid glands, systemic symptoms like fever, headache, myalgia, neck pain, and poor appetite occur. 3Mumps, which is highly contagious, though usually self-limiting and not a fatal disease, has complications associated with it that are not uncommon and make it more concerning. 4part from complications, it is also responsible for significant loss of school or work days.Many outbreaks of mumps have been reported so far, and this study aims at studying the clinical profile of children affected in an outbreak and the impact it causes on the social aspects of the affected children and their parents. 5,6espite its pervasiveness and reported outbreaks, mumps vaccination is not a part of the National Immunization Schedule (NIS).