"The Berkeley High community was alerted Tuesday that people on campus may have been exposed to mumps earlier this month. An email, signed by Berkeley High Principal Juan Raygoza and City of Berkeley Public Health Officer Noemi Doohan, said staff, parents and students who were at BHS during the school day on Feb. 2 might have been exposed to a person with Mumps."
"Symptoms of the viral, contagious disease typically start with a few days of fever, headache, muscle aches, tiredness, and loss of appetite, followed by salivary gland swelling. It spreads through droplets of saliva and mucus from the mouth, nose, or throat of an infected person. Some people never have symptoms. In most others, it is a mild disease that people completely recover from in a few weeks."
Berkeley High notified the community that staff, parents and students present during the school day on Feb. 2 may have been exposed to a person with mumps. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 348 mumps cases nationwide last year. Mumps symptoms typically begin with fever, headache, muscle aches, tiredness and loss of appetite, followed by salivary gland swelling. The disease spreads through droplets of saliva and mucus and can be asymptomatic in some people. Most cases are mild with full recovery in weeks, but complications can include hearing loss, meningitis, swollen testicles and, rarely, sterility. Health officials advised symptomatic individuals to contact medical providers and the city's communicable disease program is investigating.
Read at www.berkeleyside.org
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]