Effectiveness of Preventive Measures in the Inactive Course of Chronic Parenchymatic Mumps in Children

Abstract

Aim: To study the effectiveness of preventive measures in the inactive course of chronic parenchymal mumps in remission. Materials and Methods: In the dynamics of precautionary measures, aimed at preventing of exacerbation of chronic processes in the parotid glands, were examined 29 children aged from 2 months to 16 years with inactive mumps in remission and 10 control persons aged from 7 to 15 years. Results: According to the assessment of the cellular composition of parotid secretion before anti-relapse measures in 9 patients out of 19, it was possible to detect the presence of latent chronic inflammation in symmetrical glands in the absence of classical clinical symptoms and clear secretion. After the completion of the treatment-and-prophylactic complex, the number of inflammatory cells and the degree of its contamination with microorganisms decreased significantly. Conclusions: The study of the composition of parotid secretion with taking into account of the results of ultrasound examination and sialography in the dynamic monitoring of chronic parenchymal mumps indicate its high diagnostic informativeness and allows a rational approach to planning preventive measures. The methodological approach, which was developed and tested by us and which was used in the active course of mumps, showed its high efficiency and inactive form of the disease, for the first year of observation the number of exacerbations decreased by 10 times, and for 5 years term- by 16 times, which allowed to prolong the remission period and improve the rheological properties of parotid secretion.