MUMPS
REQUIRED IMMUNIZATIONS
Every student must receive certain immunizations.
ON-CAMPUS VACCINATION
Students, faculty, and staff can make an appointment for MMR Vaccine with Allergy/Travel Clinic by calling 706-542-5575.
What is mumps?
Mumps is a contagious disease that affects the salivary glands. There is no antiviral treatment for mumps, and mumps can cause serious health complications including loss of hearing, testicular atrophy, and inflammation of the testicles, ovaries, breast tissue, pancreas, brain and/or spinal cord. The best protection against mumps is the MMR vaccine.
Mumps is a contagious disease that affects the salivary glands. There is no antiviral treatment for mumps, and mumps can cause serious health complications including loss of hearing, testicular atrophy, and inflammation of the testicles, ovaries, breast tissue, pancreas, brain and/or spinal cord. The best protection against mumps is the MMR vaccine.
What are the signs and symptoms of mumps?
The most common sign of mumps are puffy cheeks and a tender, swollen jaw caused by swollen salivary glands under one or both ears.
However, it can take 2-4 weeks for a person infected with mumps to show any signs, and a person infected with mumps becomes contagious beginning a few days before they start showing any signs of infection.
The most common sign of mumps are puffy cheeks and a tender, swollen jaw caused by swollen salivary glands under one or both ears.
However, it can take 2-4 weeks for a person infected with mumps to show any signs, and a person infected with mumps becomes contagious beginning a few days before they start showing any signs of infection.
What should I do if I think I have mumps?
Students should isolate away from others, wear a mask, and seek care immediately by contacting your home team.
DO NOT walk into UHC without an appointment as you risk exposing others. Contact your home team in advance to inform them of your risk for mumps, and they will provide instructions including accessing an alternate entrance at UHC to avoid exposing others.
Faculty and staff should also isolate away from others, wear a mask, and seek care immediately by contacting your healthcare provider. Inform any healthcare provider in advance of your risk for mumps so that they may provide you with special instructions to avoid exposing others.
Students should isolate away from others, wear a mask, and seek care immediately by contacting your home team.
DO NOT walk into UHC without an appointment as you risk exposing others. Contact your home team in advance to inform them of your risk for mumps, and they will provide instructions including accessing an alternate entrance at UHC to avoid exposing others.
Faculty and staff should also isolate away from others, wear a mask, and seek care immediately by contacting your healthcare provider. Inform any healthcare provider in advance of your risk for mumps so that they may provide you with special instructions to avoid exposing others.
How do I protect myself from mumps?
The best way to protect against mumps is to get two doses of MMR vaccine. One dose is 72% effective against mumps, and two doses are 86% effective against mumps.
Students, faculty, and staff may make an appointment for MMR vaccine by calling Allergy/Travel Clinic at 706-542-5575.
If you’d like more information about the MMR vaccine, then visit the CDC’s Mumps Vaccination page.
The best way to protect against mumps is to get two doses of MMR vaccine. One dose is 72% effective against mumps, and two doses are 86% effective against mumps.
Students, faculty, and staff may make an appointment for MMR vaccine by calling Allergy/Travel Clinic at 706-542-5575.
If you’d like more information about the MMR vaccine, then visit the CDC’s Mumps Vaccination page.