Mumps is an acute communicable viral disease with a painful enlargement of the salivary glands, frequently invading other tissues like the testes, pancreas and meninges.
Water treatment
            1. Cold compress directly on the salivary glands for 30 minutes, 3 times a day. 
            2. Ice pack on the swollen glands for 30 minutes, 3 times a day. Apply the icepack over the glands, just below the ears.
            3. Fever sponge bath for fever.
            4. Cold compress on the forehead for headache and fever.
            5. Complete bed rest, especially for male adults. Sterility is one of the complications of mumps in male adults.