With RSV and other respiratory illnesses surging in the Chicago area, sending many children to the hospital, what are the warning signs parents should watch for if their child becomes ill?
"RSV usually produces like difficulty breathing on some children, particularly those kids with the baseline issues," Arcia-Diaz said."With asthma, those actually have more chances of being wheezing because of the RSV. So in some children, it will be more like just like a urine infection, just runny nose, sneezing, but some other kids will have this difficulty breathing... younger kids, like I said, they will be more prone to have this difficulty with the breathing.
For those who do get hospitalized, Arcia-Diaz said they receive supportive measures like supplemental oxygen or IV fluids for dehydration and nebulization.The CDC says parents can work to relieve symptoms by offering children over-the-counter fever or pain relievers like acetaminophen, making sure children are drinking plenty of water and communicating with healthcare providers about other medications that could help.
"We have observed a rise in RSV in multiple U.S. regions, and some regions are nearing seasonal peak levels," a CDC spokesperson"One of the theories is like, you know, kids were previously at home, wearing masks, not really like necessarily being out and about, which we're seeing now more. So, you know, during the last two years when they were in their households, like they were not really getting exposed to viruses," Arcia-Diaz said.
"We’re really having a capacity problem like I’ve never seen before," Dr. Charlotte Boney, pediatrician-in-chief at Baystate Children’s Hospital in Springfield, Massachusetts, told NBC News.
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