RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS

WHAT IS IT?

• Symptoms Are a cough, runny nose, mild sore throat, ear ache, and a fever.
• Diagnosis: doctors diagnose RSV by looking at medical history as well as doing a physical exam.
• Doctors usually identify it in nasal secretions with a cotton swab or by suction through a bulb syringe.

HOW COMMON IS IT?

• Mostly found in infants and young children.
• Elderly and adults with chronic heart or lung disease
• You can not be immune to it.

HOW IS IT SPREAD?

• The virus is spread by an infected person coughing or sneezing into the air.
• Droplets of the virus comes in contact with their nose, mouth, or eyes.
• Direct or indirect contact with nasal or oral secretions of the infected person.
• It is infectious.
• It is not influenced by environmental factors.

WHAT IS GOING WRONG?

• Bronchiolitis - inflammtion of small airways in the lungs

CAN IT BE TREATED?

• There is no specific medication for the virus.
• Can have mucus suctioned from the airways.
• Have breathing tube inserted for medical ventilation.

WORK CITED

• Www.lung.org
• Www.rsvproctection.com
• Www.cdc.com