The winter illnesses are here with a vengeance.
We are seeing a lot of RSV and actually have one baby in the hospital with it.
http://www.nursejudynvp.blogspot.com/2013/11/rsv.html
If your child is still able to drink and has normal color and okay energy, then they are probably managing to work through this nasty virus. When they are having too much trouble with the breathing to properly eat, it is time to get them looked at.
For the record...I HATE RSV.
The ER says that it is also getting some positive FLU tests. We have seen quite a few kids who looked like they may be FLU candidates. Now that we know it is here we will start testing. I don't have a good sense of what the classic symptoms are for this season's FLU yet. I will update here.
Every season is a bit different.
We are seeing strep throat. If you have a patient with a sore throat, fever, aches, stinky breath it is worth doing a swab to see if it is strep.
There are lots of kids with tummy aches and diarrhea. Some of them are vomiting as well
http://www.nursejudynvp.blogspot.com/2013/03/tummy-bugs-101.html
Safe Travels to all of you who are going away for the holidays.
Nurse Judy
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