Carmen Bremiller of New York is urging parents to keep their sick children home after three of her daughters were infected with RSV — which led to a long hospitalization for her youngest.
"You may be frustrated and not able to find someone to watch them so you can work, but figure it out," Bremiller said.
your child has. Your child might be fine, but that doesn’t mean someone else’s will be. So, please think twice before sending your sick kids to school."Kinsley, who's now 1 year old, was hospitalized from Oct. 12 to Nov. 4 after her RSV infection led to pneumonia and other respiratory ailments. "But we have not received it yet," Bremiller added,"and it's only a portion of what his [her husband's] income usually is.
"Symptoms typically develop within two to five days of exposure and last for one to two weeks," Goudy, who has not treated Kinsley, continued. "Notify your provider if you are ever concerned. Suction the nose of babies and toddlers who are unable to blow their nose."Goudy said it’s important to monitor their breathing and hydration status , and to keep infected children away from other children, as"RSV and the flu are spread through respiratory droplets and close person-to-person contact," he added.
"Normally these viruses cause mild infections, but we are concerned that symptoms could be worse this year as everyone's immune systems have not seen these viruses much in the last couple of years," Deeter said."In addition, Europe is already seeing an uptick in new COVID variants that we are going to have to follow carefully, as they might also affect our children more severely this time around," she added.
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