Complica- 3. spreads 4. diseases 5. infectious 6. sneezing tions

12. feel

11. rash

Appears 8. caused 9. incubation 10. cough 13. catching 14. common 15. runny

Mumps

Mumps, in children, is usually a 1... infectious illness. It is 2... by a virus and is spread by 3... and sneezes. The 'incubation period' — the time between 4... an illness and becoming unwell — is fourteen to twenty-one days. The 5... symptom of mumps is a. swollen face, caused by 6... of the salivary glands in your child's jaw and below the ears. Mumps is 7... common between the ages of five and fifteen, and is generally not as 8... as other childhood illnesses.

Your child may have a 9... fever and feel unwell for a day or two before 10... of the face develops — on one or both sides. Your child may also 11... a dry mouth and chewing and swallowing may be uncomfortable. The 12... period — when your child ca-n give the 13... to someone else—is from a few days before becoming 14... until swelling goes down; 15... ten days in all.

1. contagious 2. swelling 3. probably 4. mild 5. complain 6. caused

of

7. unwell 8. catching 9. infectious 10. most 11. typical 12. inflam-

mation.
13. slight 14. illness 15. coughs

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