"I've Got the Mumps"

This could be so. Mumps is another virus which is doing the rounds, and there have been recent cases in the student population. The mumps virus causes a fever with painful swelling of the salivary glands. The incubation period is about 18 days ie. the time taken for symptoms to appear after you've been infected.

It is transmitted mainly by saliva droplets and sufferers should be isolated for 9 days from the onset, less if the swelling has subsided. Particular care must be taken in handling articles soiled with secretions of nose and throat and eating utensils should be kept separate. The virus can affect the testicles and orchitis occurs in about a quarter of adult males. If you haven't had mumps stay well away from known cases.