Usually your cheeks don’t get bigger after having mumps. Mumps is a respiratory infectious disease caused by parotid virus infection, which can be spread by droplets in the air. It can easily lead to congestion and enlargement of the parotid area of the patient’s face, which can be treated with antibiotics as well as antiviral drugs under the guidance of a doctor, such as cefixime tablets, amoxicillin tablets, ribavirin tablets and so on. If the abscess is large, it needs to be treated by surgical incision for drainage. When the inflammation subsides and the abscess is healed, the size of the cheeks will return to normal. The mumps virus does not attack the facial nerves or bones, so it usually does not cause the patient’s cheeks to become larger or appear to change in appearance. Patients with enlarged cheeks after mumps are advised to go to a specialized hospital for timely examination and systematic treatment after the cause of the disease is clarified.