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As much as we love them, our little ones tend to be germ magnets. Once they start going todaycare and school有了其他细菌磁铁，疾病往往会迅速而容易扩散。

Most children will havesix to eight coldsper year. While most common colds may be mild and a bit of a snotty nuisance, there is another virus to be aware of – especially if you have small children: respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV.

RSV会引起类似冷的症状，例如咳嗽，流鼻涕，有时发烧。但是在某些孩子中，可能会更加严重。

“In older children and otherwise healthy adults, RSV often acts like a cold, but RSV can cause serious, even life-threatening, problems in small children,” saidHelene Felman, MD, a pediatrician withDiamond Children’s Multispecialty Services Clinicin Tucson, AZ.

虽然大多数嗅探的迹象可能没有引起关注的原因，但请继续阅读以更好地了解RSV，其症状和步骤可以保护您的孩子。

What is RSV?

RSV是最常见的呼吸道疾病，会引起肺，鼻子和喉咙感染。根据Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC) almost all children will have an infection before the age of 2. Most cases cause mild, cold-like symptoms, but in some cases, it can be severe and possibly require hospitalization.

“ RSV对婴儿，尤其是早产儿，年轻人的严重感染和并发症的风险更高先天性心脏病的儿童或者chronic lung diseaseand children with weakened immune systems,” Dr. Felman said. “It can cause serious problems, such as pneumonia, and trigger symptoms in children with asthma.”

该病毒通过咳嗽或打喷嚏在空中传播，直接接触或在柜台，手柄，儿童玩具甚至衣服等表面上传播。费尔曼博士说：“该病毒可以在硬表面上生存几个小时。”“如果您的孩子在触摸有病毒颗粒的物体后触摸他们的眼睛，鼻子或嘴巴，他们可能会被感染。”

Most often RSV appears in the fall and winter months, but it can be seen year-round.

RSV的症状是什么？

RSV is very contagious. It is normally infectious for about three to eight days after symptoms develop. “Many symptoms may resemble the common cold, such as a cough, congestion, fever, sore throat, headache and fatigue,” Dr. Felman said.

但是，严重的RSV会导致更危险的条件。如果您的孩子有以下症状，请与孩子的医疗保健提供者联系：

呼吸时吹口哨或喘气的声音
Short, shallow or fast breaths
饮食，饮水或吞咽困难（母乳喂养：拒绝母乳喂养或奶瓶饲料）
高烧
Worseningcough
Signs ofdehydration，包括哭泣时缺乏眼泪，尿布几乎没有尿液六个小时，以及凉爽干燥的皮肤

如果您的孩子非常疲倦或不熟练，呼吸困难和/或在嘴唇和指尖周围变成蓝色，请致电911。

RSV如何处理？

While there is no one specific treatment yet and medications like steroids and抗生素无效, most children recover on their own within a week or two.

“RSV is a virus, so antibiotics will not help cure the infection,” Dr. Felman said. “In fact, the antibiotics, if used incorrectly, may only breed worse infections in the future for that child.”

相反，大多数治疗方法都集中在减少拥堵并打开呼吸道。这可能包括：

如果他们感觉不舒服，请将他们放在家里，以便他们可以休息并保护其他孩子。
喝很多液体prevent dehydration。
服用非处方药缓解疼痛并根据需要减少发烧。遵循孩子的药品提供者指导，永远不要给您的孩子阿司匹林，因为它可能导致一种称为的疾病Reye's syndrome。
使用盐水鼻喷雾剂或滴剂松开闷声。
Using a cool mist vaporizer or humidifier to make breathing easier and reduce coughing.

Serious cases may require hospital care, which will involve IV fluids, extra oxygen and/orbronchodilator medicationsto open your child’s airways. If your child is under six months of age or at high risk for severe illness, contact your child’s doctor at the first signs of symptoms.

How to prevent getting (or spreading) RSV

您可以采取一些步骤help prevent the spread of RSV。这里有一些可以帮助的技巧：

Wash your child’s hands通常有肥皂和温水，尤其是在进食之前和使用浴室或尿布更换后。
Avoid sharing food, cups and eating utensils, towels, toothbrushes or pacifiers.
清洗和消毒玩具，衣服，柜台和其他共享表面。
要求人们在触摸或抱着宝宝之前洗手。
让您的孩子远离患有冷症状的人。
不要抽烟或允许其他人smoke around your child, which can increase the risk of infection and severity of symptoms.
Keep your child home from school or daycare when they are sick.
对COVID-19和其他疾病进行测试。
Keep your child up-to-date on他们的免疫接种and getannual flu（流感）和COVID-19镜头。

“Vaccines prevent serious illness, including hospitalizations, and occasionally children get more than one virus at a time,” Dr. Felman said. “I strongly recommend both the COVID-19 and influenza or flu vaccinations for all my eligible patients. For very premature infants, and kids with chronic heart or lung disease, there is even a vaccine to prevent RSV.”

Takeaway

呼吸道合胞病毒或RSV是儿童常见的常见且具有传染性的呼吸道疾病。最常见的症状是轻度的，类似于普通感冒，但是这种疾病对六个月以下的儿童和免疫力弱的儿童尤其危险。

Contact your child’s health care provider if they are showing signs and symptoms of RSV. Most often treatment is focused on symptom management. For severe RSV, your provider may recommend further medical treatment.

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