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About Mumps. Mumps is a disease caused by a virus that usually spreads through saliva (spit). It can infect many parts of the body, especially the parotid salivary glands. These glands, which make saliva for the mouth, are found toward the back of each cheek, in the area between the ear and jaw. In cases of mumps, these glands typically swell and become painful.
1 Mumps virus causes fever, headache, muscle pain, loss of appetite, and swollen glands. 2  It can lead to deafness, meningitis (infection of the brain and spinal cord covering), painful swelling of the testicles or ovaries, and rarely sterility.3  Rubella virus causes rash, arthritis (mostly in women), and mild fever. Measles virus causes rash, cough, runny nose, eye irritation, and fever. 2  It can lead to ear infection, pneumonia, seizures (jerking and staring), brain damage, and death. 3  Mumps virus causes fever, headache, muscle pain, loss of appetite, and swollen glands.