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Iowa
Department
of Public Health: RSV Infections Rise in Iowa
Posted 11 February
2010
The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) reports Respiratory
Syncytial Virus, commonly called “RSV” activity is at high levels, and
several more weeks of high activity are expected. Other states are
seeing similar levels of activity, as this is the typical time of year
that RSV causes respiratory illnesses. RSV can occur at any age, but
almost all children are infected with RSV by their second birthday. It
is the most common cause of bronchiolitis (inflammation of the small
airways in the lung) and pneumonia in U.S. children under one year of
age.
“RSV is spread from person-to-person in the same way colds and
influenza are spread,” said IDPH Medical Director, Dr. Patricia
Quinlisk. “While there is no RSV vaccine, its spread can be controlled
by remembering to cover coughs and sneezes with your elbow or sleeve
and by washing hands or using a gel hand sanitizer frequently, just as
you do to stop the spread of the flu.”
Illness usually begins four to six days after exposure with a runny
nose and decreased appetite. Coughing, sneezing and fever typically
follow and wheezing sometimes occurs. In very young infants,
irritability, decreased activity and breathing difficulties may be the
only symptoms.
Most otherwise healthy infants infected with RSV recover in one to two
weeks without complications. However, a health care provider should be
seen right away if a child’s condition worsens. Warning signs in
children include:
- Fast breathing
or working hard to breathe
- Bluish skin
color
- Not drinking
enough fluids
- Not waking up
or not interacting
- Being so
irritable that the child does not want to be held
- Flu-like
symptoms that improve but then return with fever and worse cough
- Fever with a
rash
- Being unable
to eat
- Having no
tears when crying
RSV is not tracked on a case-by-case basis in Iowa; however, up to
125,000 children in the U.S. are hospitalized each year due to RSV
infection.
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