# Parotitis the were-chipmunk disease

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 7, 2002, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parotitis-the-were-chipmunk-disease/141073 "2002-12-07T02:31:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sir\_Prize](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Sir\_Prize](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Prize)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parotitis-the-were-chipmunk-disease/141073/1 "2002-12-07T02:31:17Z")

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I went to the emergency room last night. It turns out that I have Parotitis on the left side of face. I look like a half-man/half-chipmunk. Fortunately, I have none of the other systems of Mumps so it is probably the bacterial version.

They gave me some IV antibiotic and a prescription for Augmentin. I have an ENT appointment for a follow-up on Monday.

The ER doctor’s English was not the most intelligible so I still have some questions.

How did I get it? Most of what I found on the internet discussed post-operative infections and the elderly. I am 38. Could it be something I ate? I took a shower in gym that morning. Could I have gotten off a towel through a tear duct?

How long does this usually last given the antibiotics I am taking?

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**Author:** ![SavageNarce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@SavageNarce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SavageNarce)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parotitis-the-were-chipmunk-disease/141073/2 "2002-12-07T03:22:47Z")

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Viral transmission occurs through inhalation of respiratory droplets, or by direct person to person contact.

Been French Kissing any mumps sufferers lately?

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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parotitis-the-were-chipmunk-disease/141073/3 "2002-12-07T03:24:03Z")

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check out these sites.

[http://www.doctorhoffman.com/wwsialo.htm](http://www.doctorhoffman.com/wwsialo.htm)  
[http://www.doctorhoffman.com/xsjog.htm](http://www.doctorhoffman.com/xsjog.htm)

The joys of sialo-adenitis.

Suck on lemon drops. And no, it wasn’t from a gym towel.

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**Author:** ![Sir\_Prize](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Sir\_Prize](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Prize)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parotitis-the-were-chipmunk-disease/141073/4 "2002-12-07T15:52:05Z")

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Qadgop,

Thanks for the links and the advice.

SavageNarce,

If it was viral Mumps, I’d have worse problems than a funny-looking face. Sadly, I haven’t been French kissing anyone lately.