流行性腮腺炎,中医文献中称为痄腮、蛤蟆瘟。是由腮腺炎病毒所引起的一种急性传染病。临床以发热、耳下腮部肿痛为主要特征。四季均可发生,多发于冬春季节,以5～15岁小儿为常见。病因本病是由于流行性腮腺炎病毒所引起。病毒存在病人的唾液中,通过飞沫传播,侵入人体,主要引起 Mumps, known in the literature of Chinese medicine, is called 痄腮 and 蛤蟆瘟. It is an acute infectious disease caused by mumps virus. The clinical features of fever, ear swelling and pain are the main features. All seasons can occur, mostly in the winter and spring seasons, common in children aged 5 to 15 years old. The cause of the disease is caused by the mumps virus. The virus is present in the patient’s saliva and spreads through the droplets and invades the human body.