Reduce your sugar intake. Stop smoking if you still do. Take garlic, fresh or in capsules, regularly. Tissue salts are effective for mouth ulcers. Mumps occurs mostly in children between the ages of five and fifteen, but it can affect older people.
Mumps are rare, however after forty.
Causes A virus, coupled with reduced immunity. There may be some low grade fever and sore throat for a day or two, followed by swelling of the salivary glands in the cheeks which produces the characteristic appearance of mumps. The swelling is often worse on one side and may last from about four to ten days. There may be some discomfort in the area, which is made worse by eating or drinking acidic or sour substances. There may also be headache, fatigue and loss of appetite.