LO's that had RSV

izziebee

If your LO had RSV, are they experiencing any residual affects from the illness?

My DS2 had it at 2months and he now has a cough that just won't go away. It sometimes wakes him up and you can hear the congestion and sometimes he'll make a gagging noise to go along with it. His Ped tells me that it could last for a few years and that it's just part of what RSV does to an infants lungs.

Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this and if so, if you've found anything that helps to alleviate it?

Thanks so much!

aylafsu88

I have never heard that.  My LO had RSV at 4 months old.  If I remember correctly the constant cough she now has started when she went to DC at 6 months.  I was just asking my pedi about it because LO seems to cough all the time and I worry that it could be something more.  My pedi told me she calls it the DC cough because babies seem to pick up something new in DC all the time.

izziebee

aylafsu88:

I have never heard that.  My LO had RSV at 4 months old.  If I remember correctly the constant cough she now has started when she went to DC at 6 months.  I was just asking my pedi about it because LO seems to cough all the time and I worry that it could be something more.  My pedi told me she calls it the DC cough because babies seem to pick up something new in DC all the time.

hmmm...he is in DC so perhaps that's it. Not to mention the fact that DH, DS1 and I have been varying levels of sick for the past 2 1/2 months.

Mrs.RockyM

DD1 had RSV maybe at 10 months or so, and was just more succeptable to coughs and bronchitus and breathing issues after it.  For the most part, every time she got a cold it turned into a bad chest cold/cough. If it turns into wheezing or labored breathing we continued with nebulizer treatments but that only lasted for a year or so. We found steamy showers to be very helpful, same thing with salene in the nebulizer (but you have to clean it out really well because it dries crusty and could blow out the motor of the nebulizer)

She's 4 now and she's no more succeptable to anything than anyone else. 

izziebee

Mrs.RockyM:

DD1 had RSV maybe at 10 months or so, and was just more succeptable to coughs and bronchitus and breathing issues after it.  For the most part, every time she got a cold it turned into a bad chest cold/cough. If it turns into wheezing or labored breathing we continued with nebulizer treatments but that only lasted for a year or so. We found steamy showers to be very helpful, same thing with salene in the nebulizer (but you have to clean it out really well because it dries crusty and could blow out the motor of the nebulizer)

She's 4 now and she's no more succeptable to anything than anyone else. 

thanks.. DS1 has a nebulizer and I was thinking I'd try it on DS2 tonight for a few minutes to see if it helps. DS1 gets bad coughs/wheezing whenever he gets sick so I'm used to it with him, I just hate it with the baby, it's hard with him being so little 

CurlyQ284

My DS got RSV at around 8 or 9 weeks when he started daycare. He has had a cough since. Its mostly minor but he has a cold right now so it sounds worse. I'm glad I saw this thread, the doctors don't seem concerned and I couldn't figure out why it doesn't go away.

izziebee

CurlyQ284:

My DS got RSV at around 8 or 9 weeks when he started daycare. He has had a cough since. Its mostly minor but he has a cold right now so it sounds worse. I'm glad I saw this thread, the doctors don't seem concerned and I couldn't figure out why it doesn't go away.

 

My dr(s) (and we've had 2 due to moving) isn't concerned either. He just tells me that it's to be expected due to the RSV and that unless there is a fever and/or trouble breathing/loss of appetite there is nothing to worry about. Of course as a mom though, all I do is worry!

honeybee72

They make an attachment with a pacifier for the nebulizers. DH got it for ~$5 when he filled the prescription for the meds that go in it. The medical supply company had given us a mask with a fish mouth (it's actually pretty cute!), but DD was only 4 months old, so it wasn't going to work. You can also just blow it across their faces which is what they did in the hospital when the ordered a MOTN treatment and she was sleeping by the time the respiratory tech got there to do it.

Through my DD having it, I came to know of a few people at work with kids who had it at a young age. Most of them have issues with asthma now (6-8 yo) and still use a nebulizer or inhaler. That said, my understanding is that it's soething they can definitely grow out of.

Heather2884

My DD was hospitalized for RSV for one week in January.  She had a very difficult case.  She has developed RSV induced asthma and yes, the cough is still with her.  They told me it sticks around for several months.

tammy41208

my son had rsv bronchiolitis right before xmas. he was in respiratory distress per the dr so we got sent to the ER. Our dr made it sound like the cough could stick around for a good while. but as long as breathing was ok, not alot can be done for the cough.