It can also be fatal. Pertussis is spread by the cough, saliva or mucus of a person who has it. Measles causes a body rash, fever and cough. It can also cause pneumonia, brain damage, hearing loss, or death. Measles is spread by the cough, saliva or mucus of a person who has it.
Mumps causes swollen and painful glands under the jaw, fever and headache.
Rarely, mumps can cause inflammation of the brain and spinal cord, and hearing loss. It can also cause pain in the testicles and sterility for teen or adult males. Mumps is spread by the cough, saliva, or mucus of a person who has it. If a pregnant woman gets rubella, it can cause miscarriage or stillbirth, or the baby may be born blind, deaf, mentally-retarded, or with heart defects. Rubella is spread by the cough, saliva or mucus of a person who has it.