Abu Dagim
Abu Dagim is known as mumps disease, a contagious disease caused by a viral infection, specifically a virus called rubolavirus. The virus spreads when approaching the patient, through saliva, or nasal discharge through coughing or sneezing. The disease mainly affects the endocrine glands, a pair of salivary glands located on both sides of the face. The swelling of these affected glands is the hallmark of the disease. In addition, Abu Dagim disease may affect other members of the body, so in some cases it may result in many complications, such as meningitis, testicular inflammation, and pancreatitis.
Abu Daghim is a self-limited disease, which is a disease that must be run and lasts for a certain period before it disappears and ends without even resorting to medication. Therefore, there is no specific treatment for Abu Dagim disease, and it will last for a relatively short period of up to 10 days , In which the patient suffers from the symptoms associated with it. The incidence of the disease in late winter and early spring, has seen the rates of infection Abu Dghim significantly decreased since the start of the use of the scurvy of his regularly, and the bait Abu Dghim part of the vaccine triangular MMR, which consists of measles measles and rubella, along with Abu Dghim .
Symptoms of Abu Dagim disease
Some patients may have little or no symptoms, and symptoms usually appear within two or three weeks after exposure to the virus. Adults often experience more severe symptoms than those experienced by children. The symptoms associated with Abu Dagim are as follows:
- High body temperature, and this rise is slight in most cases.
- Feel tired and tired, and may be accompanied by a sense of pain in different muscles of the body.
- Loss of appetite for food, and may also suffer from nausea and vomiting.
- Feeling sharp pains in the head.
These symptoms usually occur during the first two days of the disease. On the third day, the effect of the disease begins on the glands of Abu Daghimiya, which is inflamed and swollen. This occurs in approximately 95% of the cases of Abu Daghim disease. As a result of this inflammation, the patient often suffers from other symptoms; he may feel pain in the ear or mouth, or may have sore throat, or may have difficulty swallowing, or pain when chewing.
You should see your doctor when you feel symptoms that may indicate complications of the disease or the severity of the disease, such as severe pain in the head, or neck spasm, or feeling pain in the abdomen or testicles.
Treatment of Abu Dagim disease
As Abu Dghim disease is caused by viral infection, it does not respond to antibiotics or other types of drugs, so it is useless to take them, and remains home therapy, which is limited to follow procedures that alleviate the symptoms associated with him until the disease takes place and ends its effect. Domestic procedures for treating Abu Dagim are as follows:
- To stay at work or school, and to isolate the patient from the rest of the family; to prevent infection from spreading, as the patient remains a source of infection for a period of up to a week after the onset of symptoms.
- Use warm or cold bandages; to relieve pain and swollen salivary glands.
- Take analgesic and hypothermia medications that are usually over-the-counter, such as those containing acetaminophen or aspirin for adults only, as it is not used by children, and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen may be used to relieve symptoms As much as possible.
- Take care to take large amounts of water, to prevent the occurrence of drought caused by high body temperature. Patients are advised not to eat citrus or juices either. It stimulates the salivation of the saliva, which exacerbates salivary salivary glands, thus increasing pain.
- Avoid chewing foods and dispense with soup and snacks, such as mashed potatoes.
- It is worth mentioning that most people with Abu Dghim will generate their bodies permanently immune to the disease, and therefore will not suffer again.
Complications of Abu Dagim disease
Abu Daghim disease may have many symptoms, although these symptoms are rare, but they may be severe and may endanger the life of the patient if left untreated. In addition to inflammation of the glands of Abu Dagimia, this disease may cause inflammation of many members of the body, such as the brain and genitalia. The most significant complications of Abu Dagim are as follows:
- Testicular inflammation : It is infected by adult males, causes swelling of one or both testicles, in addition to feeling pain in them, rarely infertility.
- pancreatitis : This inflammation causes suffering from nausea or vomiting, in addition to feeling pain in the upper part of the abdomen.
- Brain inflammation : May lead to several disorders at the level of the nervous system and threatens the life of the patient. Abu Dagim’s disease may also result from meningitis.
- hearing loss : It is a rare complication of Abu Dghim disease; it affects the responsible cochlea, located in the inner ear. Hearing loss is usually permanent and affects one or both ears.
- Inflammation of the ovaries or breasts : Despite the pain associated with ovarian inflammation, it rarely causes infertility.
- Some studies suggest Linking pregnant women to Abu Dagim disease As the chances of miscarriage for the fetus increased.