关于流行性腮腺炎

腮腺炎是一种由腮腺炎病毒引起的传染性疾病。腮腺炎初期，通常会出现持续几天的发烧、头痛、肌肉酸痛、疲倦以及食欲不振等症状，在此之后，会出现唾液腺/腮腺肿胀。

腮腺炎如何传播？

该病毒通过呼吸道飞沫（如喷嚏），或直接接触遭到受感染唾液污染的物体，如共用食物、饮料，甚至接吻等在人与人之间传播。该病毒还可在物体表面存活，再与人接触后再以相似方式传播。

流行性腮腺炎也可感染中枢神经系统（脑膜炎），胰腺（胰腺炎）和睾丸（男性睾丸炎可能会导致不育）。由于目前没有提供具体的针对流行性腮腺炎的治疗方案，我们建议公众接受疫苗接种，以预防腮腺炎以及其并发症。

Laboratory diagnostic tests are not perfect and are not 100% accurate

We do not have a test for every disease or virus but most of those pathogens that are of public health importance or have long term implications on your health can be tested
No one single test can be used with absolute certainty to diagnose a disease. Often, we depend on a combination of tests to make a diagnosis
Sometimes, we have to resort to trial treatment or empiric treatment if investigative tests are inconclusive. If the patient makes a therapeutic response and feels better, we have achieved our goal
In PUO, we are looking for treatable causes and to rule out sinister causes eg. malignancies so that we do not miss opportunities for early treatment or intervention