Mumps are anything but swell (VIDEO)

Although vaccines have nearly eliminated this once common childhood disease in the U.S., mumps is still a concern throughout much of the undeveloped world, and has had several recent outbreaks stateside.

In this Children’s Channel video, Dr. Carrie Bohenick, a pediatrician at the Brecksville (OH) office of Akron Children’s Hospital Pediatrics, discusses the painful swelling of glands and other more serious symptoms of this viral infection.