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Mumps
Condition / disease reference page from the Everyone Healthy database.
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Linked signs and symptoms
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Linked drugs / medications
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Treatments, therapies and supportive options
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Alternative and complementary therapies
1Alternative medicine
1Linked diagnostic tests and investigations
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Biological and test markers
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Often increased
6- AmylaseReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 25–125 units/LLinked diagnostic tests1amylase concentration
- LipaseReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 10–140 units/LLinked diagnostic tests1lipase concentration
- LymphocytesReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 25–40 %; 700–3,500 cells/mm3Linked diagnostic tests2Differential White Blood Cell Count Tests, Lymphocytes Count
- Mumps Virus Serology (Specific Antibodies to Mumps Virus)Reference range exampleAll: 0–1 NegativeLinked diagnostic tests1Mumps Virus Serology Test
- Urine AmylaseReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 400–6,700 nkat/dayLinked diagnostic tests1Urine Amylase Excretion Rate
- White Blood Cell (WBC)Reference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 4.5–10.5 million/mL; Adult ( > 16y): 3.2–10 million/mLLinked diagnostic tests1White Blood Cell (WBC) Count
Often decreased
1Other associated markers
0No markers in this group.
Introduction / full article
Mumps
Efficacy of Alternative and Other Treatments According to GRADE* Ranking:
Pokeweed Antiviral Protein (PAP) [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]:
Please note, this management does NOT treat the condition itself. It may mildly help with some of the symptoms, and even then has insufficient evidence to back up this claim at present. Warning! All parts of the plant, Pokeweed (Phytolacca Americana), is poisonous and should not be ingested. Thoroughly cooking the plant reduces that toxicity. The effects of the improperly prepared plant include vomiting, diarrhoea, cramps, headache, confusion, convulstions, low blood pressure, heart block and death. Only plant extracts (PAP) or thoroughly prepared plants should be ingested, and even then, under professional medical guidance.
Recommendation: no recommendation (There is insufficient evidence to support claims that PAP helps to treat mumps)
Grade of Evidence: very low quality of evidence
* www.gradeworkinggroup.org
Summary References
Treatments:
1. Ades T, Alteri R, Gansler T, Yeargin P, "Complete Guide to Complimentary & Alternative Cancer Therapies", American Cancer Society, Atlanta USA, 2009
2. http://www.cbif.gc.ca/pls/pp/ppack.info?p_psn=12&p_type=all&p_sci=sci&p_x=px
3. http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Phytolacca+americana
4. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/315368
5. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002874.htm
6. http://www.cancer.org/Treatment/TreatmentsandSideEffects/ComplementaryandAlternativeMedicine/HerbsVitaminsandMinerals/pokeweed