“Mumps are very painful”
Had them around five , in both sides. Painful is an understatement
Mumps were just a typical childhood disease right up to the 70’s in the US. Mumps were regarded as not good but also not that big of a deal, other than being housebound and sick for a week or so for the vast majority of people, with the exception of males past puberty in which case it could cause very painful testicular swelling and sterility. I recall an instance of mumps that a neighborhood boy had, he was 16 and was hospitalized. I recall that it also caused some heart problems. I also recall that it was unusual for a male past puberty to get mumps, since it was assumed that most would have had it in childhood.
I’ve never had them!