“About half of males who contract mumps post-puberty will get inflammation of the testes, called ‘orchitis’ which can be incredibly painful,” says Prof Hunter. About half will get some ...

In the article ‘Mumps Orchitis: Clinical Aspects and Mechanisms’ by Wu et al., which appeared in Frontiers in Immunology (2021), researchers point out that orchitis is a common complication of ...

Michigan has identified 11 confirmed or probable mumps infections thus far in 2025. The contagious viral infection, which affects the salivary glands and causes painful swelling of the jaw ...

Mumps is an acute viral infection that usually ... to lead to an increase in sequelae and complications such as orchitis, meningoencephalitis and increased morbidity,” said Dr Panda.