Children infected with RSV virus causing pneumonia are dangerous?

If summer is the time of development of intestinal viral diseases, winter is the time of respiratory diseases, especially diseases caused by respiratory viruses.

Currently, the number of hospitalized patients in Vinmec is increasing, the peak of RSV virus epidemic in children has not stopped. Therefore, Vinmec International General Hospital will share some information about diseases such as what is RSV virus? How to prevent RSV virus in children so that parents can be more proactive in prevention.
RSV is a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a virus that infects the lungs and respiratory tract, causing bronchiolitis, pneumonia in children. The RSV virus enters the body through the eyes, nose, or mouth. This virus is easily transmitted from person to person through infected respiratory secretions such as coughing, sneezing or direct contact such as shaking hands. RSV virus in children can survive for many hours on items such as children's furniture, toys. Children are at risk of contracting the virus if they accidentally touch objects that have the virus on them and put them in their mouths.
RSV virus in children can cause mild symptoms, like a common cold such as: Cough, sneezing, runny nose... however, RSV virus in children will cause a lot of nasal secretions, stickiness makes the disease last longer. In addition, children may also be fussy, irritable, not sleeping well, lethargic, suck or stop feeding, vomit... Some children have severe symptoms such as breathing faster than usual, coughing, wheezing. wheezing, difficulty breathing.
Most cases of RSV infection in children are not life-threatening, however, if the child has severe symptoms such as bronchopneumonia or childhood pneumonia and causes difficulty breathing, High fever or purple lips and nails, parents need to take the child to the emergency room immediately. At Vinmec, a child with bronchopneumonia with respiratory failure was only under 3 months old who had to be hospitalized and mechanically ventilated for a long time.
When children are infected with RSV virus and have symptoms of bronchopneumonia or pneumonia, they have complications of RSV and can cause respiratory failure, so they need to be hospitalized for treatment.
Currently, RSV virus in children still has no specific treatment, mainly symptomatic treatment and supportive respiration, depending on the child's respiratory failure, it may be necessary to breathe oxygen through a mask. through the nose, or worse, NCPAP or mechanical ventilation may be required. Along with respiratory support, the child is treated with symptoms, cleaning the nose and throat, and loosening phlegm.
RSV virus (respiratory syncytial virus) can cause complications that cause bronchopneumonia, pneumonia in children. Therefore, when suspecting that a child has an illness, parents should take their child to the nearest medical facility for examination and timely and effective treatment.