<p>Any one had their college student have suspected mumps? D went to the health center with swollen face on one side and after pretty much every stsaff member there taking a look at her, she is quarantined from classes until the results of bloodwork come back, if it is mumps then 10 days total with no classes!! :eek:</p>
<p>In reviewing the family shot records, it appears kids born the year after D were required to have an MMR booster at kindergarten, but D’s Kgarten shots do not include that shot! </p>
<p>Any one else dealt with this? Or had any luck with the school health center forbidding attendance at lab classes where attendance is mandatory!!!</p>
<p>Mumps in a college setting is highly contagious. Thank goodness you have a daughter. Boys at this age have even more to worry about. But all at this age have to worry about complications such as deafness and memingitis. Generally, at college dorms, those affected are quarantined and isolated to their room. You will not get far trying to have this released, but it really is in the best interest of the other students. Even when the booster is given, some kids have immunity that declines with time. And there are always the nonimmunized students whose parents signed waivers to avoid vaccination. I remember a big outbreak of mumps at KU last year. And I believe that the state of Iowa had a big problem as well, with many cases at a few universities. </p>
<p>The college or univeristy should be publicizing that there is a case of mumps, and searching immunization records of all students faculty and staff, offering vaccines to those who are unimmunized or who only had one shot instead of two.</p>
<p>It is intriguing that the rules on boosters changed between D1 & D2! We are aware of the complication concerns and the contagion risks, it is funny that they are so intense about it, yet she must have gotten them there!!</p>
<p>I am not worried about her missing classes, as long as the profs actually adjust for it. My other D in classes like Ochem would flunk if she missed more than one lab, so what happens then? Incomplete? How do you make up labs and 10 days of classes if the school forbids attendance?</p>
<p>Yep, from a student or a visiting student, often one who was never vaccinated (often for religious or other reasons.) The incubation period is such that the one who passed the virus to D may not yet have had any symptoms at the time the virus was transmitted.</p>
<p>My daughter was out of class for almost a week, but was able to keep up. Many professors post notes on blackboard and those that don’t will most likely have her get notes from other stidents. I would suggest your daughter email all professors and explain what is going on. I bet student health also will be able to send some sort of documentation. As far as missed text or labs, I am guessing if they can not be made up then your daughter just will not have a grade for those-not a zero, just no grade.</p>
<p>Snowball: that is my hope, since it is the school health center forbidding attendance, it would be great if that weeks labs just don’t exist in her grade, but she has not heard yet. Luckily, she is a strong and well known student in these classes/subjects, but if one were to be marginal it could be the kiss of death for your GPA!</p>
<p>SOMEMOM - I sure hope your gal has all that she needs if quarentine is for the 10 day period - meds/thermometer/food/fluids/maybe some ice packs and that someone will be looking in on her often that knows what is going on and what possibilities could be. </p>
<p>Does she have a roomy?? How far from home is she?? Any possibility of her going home for the duration of all this?? would not be able to fly or public transportation - but maybe a ride in a personal vehicle.</p>
<p>As far as missing classes and labs - if she is unable to complete the classes - she can take an incomplete - I - and make the grade when it is made up - definitely she needs to contact profs about what is going on - and probably have to provide proof to them as well. You may also want to consider talking to the Dean about any possible options - just in case.</p>
<p>Try again:
The incubation period—the time from when a person is first infected with the virus until the first symptoms develop—is usually 16 to 18 days, although it can be as long as 25 days. Usually, infected people are contagious a day or two before the first symptoms appear, although they can spread the virus any time from 7 days before to 9 days after symptoms appear.</p>
<p>Hi! No news until Wednesday! They told us, either infected salivary gland or mumps, no way to tel without blood work. She did have the fever & aches a few days before the face swelled up, so it seems like mumps is likely. In my research, apparently the vaccine only has a 95% “take” so many vaccinated people are still likely to get it! There was a huge outbreak in 11 states last winter/spring, nasty!</p>
<p>JeepMom- thank you for the good wishes! The major blessing, causing me to do less stressing, is that this is D1, who is actually taking her last couple of requirements for her BS at a local school. Her Uni is allowing this due to some unusual circumstances, and what a blessing. I can baby her and I may even get to go take notes in physics and do some physics & bio labs We’ll just see if I am as smart as I used to be!</p>
<p>This would be very trying if my D was away at school, she is sleeping all day, she is actually taking the vicodin to sleep and is doing okay, but it is definitely taking her out of things. In retrospect, she is lucky it is the mumps, as she is forbidden from campus, so cannot attend class. If she just had a nasty flu, then prof’s would not have to be understanding! Thus far, they have been willing to work with her. She is doing very well in her classes and I am sure that helps, but very scary to imagine how things would happen for our kids who are away!</p>
<p>MKM: that incubation period is frighteningly long isn’t it. There is just no way to tell who left their virus around where she can get it and no way to know who she may have contaminated before we knew what it was! </p>
<p>Just in the days between the fever & aches and the swollen face, she met a local friends family from out of state, and they flew home and I gave a ride to to a friend from a few hours away to the airport and he flew to another state…yikes! Hope we did not start an epidemic!!!</p>
<p>How old is your D? I’m curious about the lack of immunization requirements. I’m guessing it’s just a difference between state requirements. My kids are 24, 21, and 17, and all had to have the MMR, and had to prove it to enter kindergarten (or any other grade, if moving from out of state).</p>
<p>Son is almost 21, had MMR as baby. Pediatrician “caught” his missing 2nd MMR at eleven. I think the schedule changed sometime before he was 11 and after he was 6. We did change doctors at about age 6. Just checked the CDC guidlines-looks like second MMR is at age 4-6.</p>
<p>I remember that my d. who is now a senior in college somehow didn’t get her 2nd MMR–luckily Dr. caught it when she was doing her physical for college. My oldest (3 years older) and younger (by 2 years) both had the 2nd shot.</p>
<p>The younger kids have the 2nd MMR with the DPT & polio at kindergarten. D1 had the DPT and polio at kindergarten from the same place which gave the other kids a 2nd MMR at that age, so it was definitely the requirements. D1 had the 1st MMR at 15-18 mos, as required.</p>
<p>Interestingly, this university JUST a couple of weeks ago send D a postcard that she needed a 2nd MEASLES shot, but she had a cold, so had to be better before the shot, and well, she did not get better, she appears to have already had the mumps!</p>
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at the time the virus was transmitted.</p>
We’ll just see if I am as smart as I used to be!</p>