Parotitis risk factors
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Overview
Overview
Common risk factors for developing parotitis are being between 6 months and 30 years old, lacking the mumps vaccine, lacking natural exposure to the mumps virus, being over 40 years old and perimenopausal if a woman, traveling to developing countries, malnutrition, immunosuppression, poor oral and external hygiene, and a reduced salivary flow rate.
Risk Factors
Risk Factors
- Being between 6 months and 16 years old.[1]
- Lacking the mumps vaccine.[2]
- Being between 20 and 30 years old without natural exposure to the mumps virus.[3]
- For women: being over age 40 and/or perimenopausal, for parotitis from Sjögren’s syndrome.[4]
- Traveling to or from a developing country.[5]
- Dehydration.
- Reduced salivary flow rate.[6]
- Malnutrition
- Immunosuppression
- Poor oral hygiene and infrequent hand-washing.
References
References
- ↑ Nahlieli O, Shacham R, Shlesinger M, Eliav E (2004). “Juvenile recurrent parotitis: a new method of diagnosis and treatment”. Pediatrics. 114 (1): 9–12. PMID 15231901.
- ↑ “Mumps | Vaccination | CDC”.
- ↑ Hviid A, Rubin S, Mühlemann K (2008). “Mumps”. Lancet. 371 (9616): 932–44. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60419-5. PMID 18342688.
- ↑ Cartee DL, Maker S, Dalonges D, Manski MC (2015). “Sjögren’s Syndrome: Oral Manifestations and Treatment, a Dental Perspective”. J Dent Hyg. 89 (6): 365–71. PMID 26684993.
- ↑ Galazka AM, Robertson SE, Kraigher A (1999). “Mumps and mumps vaccine: a global review”. Bull. World Health Organ. 77 (1): 3–14. PMC 2557572. PMID 10063655.
- ↑ Brook I (1992). “Diagnosis and management of parotitis”. Arch. Otolaryngol. Head Neck Surg. 118 (5): 469–71. PMID 1571113.
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