Before the entry of cool climates, parents are recommended to take into account the prevention of respiratory diseases through immunization, attending to the provision of doses against covid-19 and influenza at the Hospital de Clínicas.
“Have critical cases of bronchiolitis, that starts with a flu, in addition to the syncytial virus and influenza A and B”, mentioned Dr. Ricardo Iramain, head of the Pediatric Emergency Service of the FCMUNA – Hospital de Clínicas.
In this context, alerted by the moderately serious pictures and some of them already serious by the respiratory virus, the doctor urges parents to prevent these diseases through immunization and care.
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Covid-19 continues among registered cases
In addition to the pictures of bronchiolitis, syncytial virus and influenza, still observations continue for possible cases of covid, Although on a smaller scale, there are patients with covid in the Pediatric Emergency Service.
For this reason, the professional insists on all parents and adults who live in the house with a nursing child under two years of age, and not to mention under 6 months, to Apply the covid vaccines.
warning signs
Parents need to be vigilant when they have young children, especially.
In case you notice that your child has runny nose, cough, and fever (from 38 degrees)is not eating well and is a bit agitated, they must go to a care center so that they can evaluate him and see if it is necessary to give him IV, admit him, either for a few hours in the observation unit of the Emergency Department or he must be admitted to the hospital to be able to make an early diagnosis and prevent it from reaching a critical situation.
He respiratory syncytial virus can give at any age and since there is no specific vaccine, but only for premature babies, what remains is to use different tools to raise defenses.
“The fever is usually another accompanying sign, from 38 degrees, that warrants a quick consultation in an emergency department or your primary pediatrician, and it goes without saying if the child has purple skin color, which we establish as a late sign of acute respiratory failure, a situation that an emergency attitude , urgent consultation to an emergency service, “he said.
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Finally, given the panorama of patients with bronchiolitis who are requiring oxygen, and some of them in a good number due to respiratory failure, which often requires referral to intensive care, the Pediatric Emergency Service urges the population to go to the authorized vaccination centers in the country, to complete the pediatric immunization schedule.
