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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.
Mumps is an infection caused by a virus. It mainly affects the salivary glands but sometimes other parts of the body are affected. Mumps normally affects children, but can occur at any age.Mumps is now rare in the UK as children are routinely immunised against mumps. The testicles (testes) are sometimes affected. 2  One testicle (testis) may become inflamed, swollen, and painful for about a week. 3  This is uncommon in young children. 4  However, about 1 in 4 males who get mumps over the age of 12 years will develop a painful swollen testis. 5  Occasionally, both testes are affected.