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Mumps complications in the Waikato
FLORENCE KERR
Last updated 14:23, February 5 2018
There have been seven cases of orchitis in the Waikato.
Orchitis is a complication of mumps and causes a man's scrotum to swell, painfully. In rare cases, it can cause infertility.
In the seven confirmed cases in the Waikato, all had had mumps.
Since February 2017, there have been 82 cases of mumps in the Waikato...
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Source: http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/nation...en-s-fertility
5 Feb 2018
Painful mumps complication threatens Auckland men's fertility
6:12 am on 5 February 2018
Rowan Quinn, Reporter
Doctors are starting to see the nasty complications of mumps as the epidemic takes hold in Auckland.
Teenage boys and men have been developing the painful condition, orchitis, the swelling of the testicles that can have a long-term impact on their fertility.
With the school term returning for 2018, there was no sign of the promised Auckland-wide catch-up vaccination campaign that could protect tens of thousands of them.
Urologist and paediatric surgeon Neil Price said he had rarely seen orchitis in adolescents and younger teens - until the last few months.
It was a painful and stressful condition for the boys - and worrying for their families, he said...
Mumps complications in the Waikato
FLORENCE KERR
Last updated 14:23, February 5 2018
There have been seven cases of orchitis in the Waikato.
Orchitis is a complication of mumps and causes a man's scrotum to swell, painfully. In rare cases, it can cause infertility.
In the seven confirmed cases in the Waikato, all had had mumps.
Since February 2017, there have been 82 cases of mumps in the Waikato...
************************************************** ***
Source: http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/nation...en-s-fertility
5 Feb 2018
Painful mumps complication threatens Auckland men's fertility
6:12 am on 5 February 2018
Rowan Quinn, Reporter
Doctors are starting to see the nasty complications of mumps as the epidemic takes hold in Auckland.
Teenage boys and men have been developing the painful condition, orchitis, the swelling of the testicles that can have a long-term impact on their fertility.
With the school term returning for 2018, there was no sign of the promised Auckland-wide catch-up vaccination campaign that could protect tens of thousands of them.
Urologist and paediatric surgeon Neil Price said he had rarely seen orchitis in adolescents and younger teens - until the last few months.
It was a painful and stressful condition for the boys - and worrying for their families, he said...
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