QUITE COMFORTABLE. MAINE’S IN SCOTLAND WHERE SHE SPENT THE SUMMER.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: WE’RE
REACHING THE PEAK SEASON FOR
RSV IS A COMMON VIRUS. THEY
CAN MAKE BABIES VERY SICK. IN
FACT, CASES RISE DRAMATICALLY
IN THE FALL. IT IS SO COMMON
NEARLY 100% OF CHILDREN ARE
INFECTED WITH IT BY THE AGE OF
2 DOCTOR. JUANITA MOORE, AN
ALLERGIST AND SPOKESPERSON FOR
THE AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION
JOINS US VIA ZOOM THIS MORNING
TO HELP EDUCATE NEW MOMS OR
EVEN EXPECTANT MOMS ABOUT THE
RISK. GOOD MORNING, DOCTOR.
>> GOOD MORNING. SUCH A
PLEASURE TO BE HERE. RECIPE IN
ADULTS COULD BE QUITE FRANKLY,
PRETTY MILD, BUT IT’S THE
LEADING CAUSE OF
HOSPITALIZATIONS. FOR
INSTANCE. WHAT DOES IT DO? THE
BABIES THAT MAKE THEM SO SICK?
>> SURE. SO VIEWS THE HIGHLY
CONTAGIOUS RESPIRATORY
INITIALLY KIDS, IT CAN BE MILD
SYMPTOMS. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, A
RUNNY NOSE BUT WHEN IT HITS
LINES AND IT CAUSES WHAT IT’S
CALLED BY, JOE BIDEN HAS SORT
OF THAT IS MY KIDS COULD
REALLY BE IN TROUBLE. IT
CAUSED 2.1 MILLION OUTPATIENT
VISITS TO THE PEDIATRICIAN IN
THOSE LESS THAN 5 YEARS OF AND
55,000 HOSPITALIZATIONS. BUT
IT COMES TO CHILDREN IN THE
U.S. AND IT’S THE LEADING
CAUSE HOSPITALIZATION. THOSE
LESS THAN 12 MONTHS. SO IT’S
INTERESTING BECAUSE IT IS
SPREADING AT AN UNUSUALLY HIGH
RATE TO WHAT DO YOU ATTRIBUTE
THAT? SURE AS AN ALLERGIST
IMMUNOLOGIST ALREADY SEEING
CASES HERE CHICAGO IN A
TRIBUTE TO WE’RE BRINGING OUR
PART RIGHT. SO WE’RE LOWERING
THE THE RESTRICTIONS OF
MITIGATION THAT WE HAD IN
PLACE WITH COVID-19 AND WE
EXPECT NOTICE OF BE IN FULL
AND SAID TO BE DOESN’T
PREPANDEMIC LEVEL, WHICH IS
WHY WE’RE THE ALARM NOW AS
WE’RE ABOUT TO ENTER RCC THAT.
SO HOW IS OUR AS THE SPREAD?
SO OURS? IS A VIRUS EASILY
HITS COFFIN EACH OTHER. THEY
SHARE THEY TOUCH THE SAME DOOR
KNOBS IN THE SAME TABLE.
EVERYTHING ELSE. AND THEY AND
HONESTLY BECAUSE IT’S SO
HIGHLY TRANSMISSIBLE IS THE
REASON WHY BY AGE TO 100% KIDS
WILL HAVE HAD OUR CITY. SO
WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF RSV?
SYMPTOMS OF OURS BE INITIALLY
MILD SYMPTOMS INCLUDE RUNNY
NOSE. WHAT MIGHT BE SIGNS OF
TEA COUGHING AND SNEEZING WHEN
IT TURNS INTO MORE DANGEROUS
SYMPTOMS IS WHEN IT DROPS INTO
THE LIVES AND IT CAN CAUSE OF
BRONCHIOLITIS TYPE PICTURES
ARE PNEUMONIA AND NOT TO KNOW
FOR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS. IF
THE CHILD IS EXPERIENCING TO
INTEGRATE BUT USING THEIR
EXCESS RAIN MUSCLES, THEIR
CHEST IS MOVING UP AND OUT OF
BECOMES HACKING. WHAT THAT
WON’T LET THEM THEY’RE NOT
EATING ENOUGH. CAUSE
DEHYDRATION CAN BE A BAD SIDE
EFFECT OF OUR THESE ARE ALL
SAYS SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS HIGHER
EDUCATION TAKEN TO THE
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT TO
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO
KIDS. IT CAN ANY KID, BUT
HIGH-RISK KIDS AS WELL TO
THOSE PREEMIES. LESS THAN 35
WEEKS OF A TO THOSE WITH
CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE OR
CAN JUST ALL LUNG DISEASE OR
ANY CHILD YOU KNOW, PROPER SO
I’M HEARING YOU TALK ABOUT HOW
THIS IS SPREADING. I’M
THINKING ABOUT MY 18 MONTH-OLD
NIECE AND ALL SHE DOES IS PUT
HER FINGERS IN HER MOUTH AND
TOUCH THINGS AND SHE GOES TO
DAYCARE AND TOYS AND PUT THOSE
OUT. I MEAN, WHAT CAN WE DO AS
PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS TO
PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THIS? IT
IT FEELS ALMOST ADDED AN
IMPOSSIBLE TASK.
>> I AGREE WITH IS THAT THINGS
THAT WE CAN DO? WHAT IF YOUR
CHILD IS SICK SAID IT’S STILL
2 FREQUENTLY SANITIZING THE
TOYS AS WELL TO. THAT’S GOING
TO HELP US AND THE RESET OF
TIES IN THE IS PART OF THE
CONCERT HE TOUCHING BECAUSE
THAT’S ALL GOING TO HELP AS
WELL AS KEEPING KIDS. I’M GOOD
NUTRITION AND KEEPING THEIR
IMMUNE SYSTEM STRONG.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: DOCTOR,
MAURA, THANK YOU. WE REALLY
APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS
MORNING. AND YOUR GUIDANCE FOR
THOSE NEW MOMS WHO MIGHT BE
FEELING A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE
THEY’RE NOT QUITE SURE WHAT
THEY’RE DOING, WE ALL REMEMBER
THAT WE HAD OUR GETS. THANKS
FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING.
>> YOU’RE WELCOME. PEOPLE TO
LEARN MORE AT LUNG DOT ORG,
SLASH OUR CITY. AND I WAS JUST
GETTING READY TO GIVE THAT
OUT. SO LET’S GO. GO AHEAD AND
SAY IT AGAIN, LUNG DOT ORG
SLASH RSV. YOU CAN LOOK FOR
THAT ONLINE.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: I THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. AND THE PERCENT OF
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISITS
FOR RSV ARE UP AMONG KIDS
YOUNGER THAN 5 HERE IN
FLORIDA. BY THE WAY, THE
STATE’S LATEST DATA SHOWS TO
FLORIDA REGIONS ARE ALREADY IN
RSV SEASON. WE’RE TALKING
ABOUT CENTRAL FLORIDA AND
SOUTH FLORIDA. NO NEW
OUTBREAKS WERE REPORTED AS OF
LAST MONTH, BUT RSV ACTIVITY