Question about mumps?!
Question: Okay I hope my question isnt to confusing!!
My friends daughter was at her dads this weekend...
We visited at her house TUESDAY.....
TODAY my friends ex (childs dad) called to say he had mumps....FOR SURE
Okay so my question is ....Is it something that can be carried from one person to another? I have a 2 month old who has not had her shots yet...
Thanks for any insight you may have...
Answers: Okay I hope my question isnt to confusing!!
My friends daughter was at her dads this weekend...
We visited at her house TUESDAY.....
TODAY my friends ex (childs dad) called to say he had mumps....FOR SURE
Okay so my question is ....Is it something that can be carried from one person to another? I have a 2 month old who has not had her shots yet...
Thanks for any insight you may have...
Yes Mumps ia catching, you just have to be in contact with the person, to get them.I never had them, both of my children had them as a child, and I never caught them, so maybe your baby will not get them. Good Luck!
I think someone has to actually have the mumps to pass it on. If I were you I'd call my child's pediatrician tomorrow and ask if you need to do anything. Better safe than sorry.
mumps are horribly painfull
First, the age of the friend's daughter...has she had her immunizations? If so, there's probably not a lot to worry about. Moms always worry though.
No immunizations? She has a good chance of acquiring mumps-active disease-in which case she could be infectious.
Mumps is not "carried" unless a person has the active disease.
Your 2 mo. old baby should have started her immunizations, they are started at birth and you should have a vaccine record or for guidance and information....call her peds doc's office.
A public health nurse can answer your questions. Public health nurses have knowledge in areas of infectious diseases.
I think it can only be passed along by people who are in the pre-dromal stage of the disease. Meaning, you are most contagious when you are barely coming down with it.
But the child's father could have picked it up elsewhere, and not from his child.
If HIS CHILD is vaccinated, then you have nothing to worry about.
But a public health nurse would have all the facts.