THIS VIRUS IS MASSACRING BABIES, THEY END UP IN HOSPITAL TOO! Doctor Tešović warns: "If you notice these symptoms, go to the doctor immediately"!
It is necessary to go to the hospital when a child becomes pale and breathes shallowly and rapidly.
TL;DR
- KBC Split and Zagreb are seeing an increase in hospitalizations of babies due to RSV.
- RSV is a common seasonal illness, currently at its epidemic peak.
- Parents should go to the hospital if a child becomes pale, breathes shallowly and rapidly, or struggles for air.
- Home care includes cleaning the baby's nose and using saline inhalations; beta-agonists are ineffective for young children.
- While RSV usually presents as a common cold in healthy adults, it can cause severe lower respiratory tract infections and pneumonia in immunocompromised or elderly individuals (over 75, especially over 85).