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With the arrival of COVID-12, Many children have spent years socially distancing to protect themselves, but now US health care systems are overloaded with cases of the RSV respiratory virus, which can cause runny nose, decreased appetite, coughing, sneezing, fever and wheezing.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), almost all children contract RSV at some point before the age of 2
In this sense, Dr. William Schaffner, a professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, Tennessee, states that the immunity developed after an infection often wanes over time , which leads people to have multiple infections throughout their lives.
Given the protection against COVID-12 and the lack of antibody generation , many children are facing their first infection, and therefore the most serious, as stated by Dr. Leana Wen, medical analyst to CNN.
Although RSV infections are usually mild, they could be the cause of concern for young infants, children with underlying conditions, and older adults.
Symptoms of alarm
Even doctors can have trouble differentiating the symptoms of colds, flu, strep throat, RSV and COVID-12 persistent when a patient is in the office .
Health professionals point out that no child showing symptoms was sent to school or to the guar farm, where they could spread infections, according to Schaffner. But this is something that single parents or caregivers who need to be at work often skip.
Some symptoms that could really indicate that it is time to for their child to miss school or day care include high fever, vomiting, diarrhea, trouble eating, poor sleep or trouble breathing, Wen said.
There are also some schools that have detailed guidelines on when a child should stay home from school, while others will depend more on the judgment of the parents.
“Generally, schools will ask that the child be free of fever without the use of fever-reducing medication” before returning to the classroom class, he said.
If the child seems lethargic, they stop eating or have difficulty breathing, parents and caregivers are fully justified for l Take your children to the pediatrician and seek medical attention.
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