A case of mumps was registered by the health inspectors from the Veliko Tarnovo region.

The Regional Health Inspectorate specifies that the patient diagnosed with epidemic parotitis - the clinical name of the mumps known to the public, is from the municipality of Lyaskovets.

The disease was detected in the period March 18-24, the RZI bulletin shows.

This is the first case of mumps for 2024, and patients with such diseases are extremely rare for the region.

Epidemic mumps is an acute infectious disease that most often affects the salivary glands.

A characteristic symptom is swelling in the neck area to the point of erasing the boundary between the face and the throat.

The mechanism of transmission of the infection is airborne and is a little more complicated than other infections with a similar mode of infection, Bulgaria ON AIR reported.

Assoc. Mangarov warned about the return of tuberculosis and measles 

Appears in winter and early spring.

The surest way of prevention is the mumps vaccine, which is part of the mandatory immunization calendar in our country.

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