Mumps Signs Symptoms And Complications
Frequent Symptoms Mumps is easily spread through contact with infected saliva, sneezing, or coughing. The usual incubation period (the time between exposure to an infection and the first appearance of symptoms) for mumps is between 12 and 25 days. You are also contagious from two days before symptoms begin until five days after the swelling begins. You may have a low-grade fever, malaise, and headache for several days before you develop the swollen salivary glands....