What is the difference between thyroiditis and mumps

Thyroiditis is not uncommon and includes a group of inflammatory and non-inflammatory diseases. It is divided into acute purulent subacute thyroiditis, including granulomatous and lymphocytic or ** (silent) thyroiditis; Chronic thyroiditis includes chronic lymphoid (Hashimoto's thyroiditis), chronic fibrous thyroiditis (aggressive fibrous or Riedel thyroiditis), as well as post-radiation parasites, tuberculosis, syphilis, and other infections caused by thyroiditis. **Thyroiditis can be further distinguished into sporadic and postpartum types.

1. The types of diseases are different.

Thyroiditis: The clinical division of thyroiditis is Hashimoto's thyroiditis and subacute thyroiditis, which is a thyroid disease with inflammation as the main manifestation.

2. Different locations:

Parotid glands: There are 3 pairs of salivary glands, parotid glands, sublingual glands, and submandibular glands, the largest of which is the parotid gland.

The thyroid gland: located two transverse fingers below the Adam's apple in the human body, close to the trachea, divided into left and right lobes, surrounded by parathyroid glands and recurrent laryngeal nerves.

3. The symptoms are different

Parotid gland: After suffering from mumps, the face is like a fat man with a swollen face. Because the parotid gland is located on both cheeks near the earlobe, the swollen parotid gland in mumps is centered on the earlobe and spreads to the periphery, so mumps is called "big mouth" in folklobes

Thyroiditis: slow onset, long course of disease, diffuse enlargement, hard texture, ** or mild tenderness, smooth surface, may have nodules, local compression and systemic symptoms are not obvious, occasional pharyngeal discomfort, normal or abnormal thyroid function.

Mumps, commonly known as "pig scalp" or "mumps", refers to a disease in which one or both parotid glands (the main salivary glands on either side of the human cheek) become inflamed. The parotid gland is one of the most frequently inflamed parts of the salivary gland. The most common cause of mumps is infection with the mumps virus, which can lead to lifelong immunity after one infection.

What is mumps

Mumps, commonly known as "pig scalp", is an infectious disease caused by a filtering virus, because the viral infection can cause pain and swelling of the parotid glands, resulting in inflammation and swelling on both sides of the face like pig's head, so it is also called "pig scalp".

Mumps is mostly infected in children, and children are easily infected with each other, but as long as they are infected once, they can be immunized for life. Mumps has an incubation period of about two to three weeks, affects the salivary glands, nerve tissue, and fever and enlargement of one or more salivary glands with tenderness are the main clinical symptoms.

Mumps can be contracted throughout the year, but winter and spring are the most common, and there is no significant difference in the rate of mumps between men and women. After the mumps vaccine was introduced in bed in 1968, the incidence of mumps was greatly reduced.

Types of mumps

Mumps is most common, but mumps caused by other viral infections can also be seen.

1. Purulent mumps.

It is caused by bacterial infections, mainly staphylococci. The common ** are: parotid gland secretion insufficiency, which is more common in patients with acute infectious diseases and frailty; occlusion of the parotid duct orifice; inflammation of the parotid gland adjacent to the silk; Symptoms are fever, leukocytosis, local redness, swelling, pain, and heat in the parotid gland, and pus flowing from the catheter orifice when the lesion enters the purulent stage.

2. Mumps.

It is more likely to occur in early childhood or adolescence with a history of infectious contact, can be bilateral or unilaterally affected, white blood cells are not increased but decreased or normal, local symptoms are similar to purulent, but there is no tendency to suppuration.

3. Autoimmune mumps.

It is more common in chronic autoimmune diseases, such as Sjögren's syndrome, IgG4-related diseases, etc., in addition to the regurgitated parotid gland enlargement, there are other glands, joints, and organs involved and damaged.

Mumps, also known as mumps, is commonly known as mumps. The disease can occur all year round, but it is mainly in winter and spring. Patients are mainly children and adolescents between the ages of 5 and 15, but there are also adults. The disease is characterized by an enlarged parotid gland.

The disease is mainly transmitted through respiratory droplets, but it can also be transmitted by contact with objects that have been touched by the sick person. The patient is the sole source of infection and is contagious from the onset of the disease until the parotid gland enlargement completely resolves. Most patients with this disease have no prodromal symptoms, and a few cases may have transient non-specific discomfort, manifested as fever, headache, weakness, and loss of appetite.

It appears one to two days after the onset of the disease, pain in the zygomatic arch or ears, then salivary glands enlargement and an increase in body temperature. The parotid gland is most commonly affected. or bilateral enlargement.

People who haven't had mumps or haven't been vaccinated against mumps are susceptible to infection.

At present, there is no specific drug for **. Vaccinating susceptible people with mumps-containing vaccines is the best way to prevent mumps. When there is an epidemic in childcare institutions and schools, emergency immunization can be carried out for susceptible people.

In addition, individuals should develop good hygiene habits and wash hands frequently to avoid cross-infection of infectious diseases; At home and in school classrooms, windows should be opened frequently for ventilation to keep the indoor environment clean and tidy; Once the cheeks are affected, attention should be paid to early isolation until the parotid gland enlargement has completely resolved.

Mumps can be divided into two kinds, one is viral mumps, most patients are infected by mumps virus, and the contagiousness is super strong, so patients infected with mumps generally have to self-isolate, but after viral mumps heals, the body will have antibodies, and will only be immune to mumps virus for life, which is why few adults will suffer from mumps. There is also a type of purulent mumps, the ** of purulent mumps, which is mainly caused by bacterial infection.

Thyroiditis is not contagious, mumps is.