How can I tell if my child has RSV?

Re: How can I tell if my child has RSV?

• J9melissa member

  January 2012

  What to watch out for is difficulty breathing and wheezing. We just had a confirmed case at daycare today, so I'm putting in a call to the pedi tomorrow.

  
  

  

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• vigurl member

  January 2012

  J9melissa:

  What to watch out for is difficulty breathing and wheezing. We just had a confirmed case at daycare today, so I'm putting in a call to the pedi tomorrow.

  I was on the look out for a fever so don't look for that?  Watch the breathing instead? 

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• J9melissa member

  January 2012

  vigurl:

  J9melissa:

  What to watch out for is difficulty breathing and wheezing. We just had a confirmed case at daycare today, so I'm putting in a call to the pedi tomorrow.

  I was on the look out for a fever so don't look for that?  Watch the breathing instead? 

  A fever is an indicator as well, but I was informed to watch for breathing issues since a fever could be indicative of other things. Good Luck.I sure hope our LOs don't get it.

  
  

  

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• vigurl member

  January 2012

  J9melissa:

  vigurl:

  J9melissa:

  What to watch out for is difficulty breathing and wheezing. We just had a confirmed case at daycare today, so I'm putting in a call to the pedi tomorrow.

  I was on the look out for a fever so don't look for that?  Watch the breathing instead? 

  A fever is an indicator as well, but I was informed to watch for breathing issues since a fever could be indicative of other things. Good Luck.I sure hope our LOs don't get it.

  Thanks.  I'm xing my fingers for you and your LO too. 

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• JuneBug0611 member

  January 2012

  There were two confirmed cases in my LO's day care two weeks ago, including one in her room.  After that, all of the kids in her room, including her, were sick, but she just had cold symptoms (a terrible cough and runny nose/sneezing).  I had called the pedi and they said to look out for fever or difficulty breathing, but they said that all kids get RSV by the time they are 1 or 2 so not to worry about that in particular.  It's typically not diagnosed because it's not that extreme -- it's typically the extreme cases that are really scary that get diagnosed.  So my LO and all of the other kids in her class very well may have gotten RSV from (or at the same time as) the one "confirmed case," but if so they had much less severe cases.  I hope your LOs are fine but I know how hard it is not to worry!

  
  

  
  

   
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• chocoholicchick

  January 2012

  Ditto pp, I would watch out for wheezing.  DS started out with a cold but we went back to the pedi after he started wheezing.  Just keep an eye out and make sure you suck the snot out as much as possible.  When we were told that DS had RSV, it also came with a double ear infection.  Not fun.
  

  

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• CarlaAndJames member

  January 2012

  The thing is, even if it is RSV (they can test for it with a nose swab, kind of like do with a throat culture for strep), it's a virus and they won't give you anything to treat it, it just has to run its course. We found out Lexi had it when the only symptoms she was showing were congestion (so, so much snot!!) and a slight cough. I had them test at her 6 month appt bc several kids in her class had it and i suspected it, so I made them test before pumping her full of vaccines. 

  I was kind of glad we knew, because we went ahead and kept her at home once we found out so we didn't expose more kids. She was diagnosed on Tuesday, no fever until Thursday (dr said it was normal for them to have their worst day on day 4 or 5 of it). Fever just got up to 102 and came down quickly with alternating Tylenol & Motrin.  She was back to herself by Saturday! (although her pedi did tell me she got over it a lot quicker than most kids)

  They didn't give us anything for it, just told us to be super aggressive with the snot suctioning to try to keep her ears clear of fluid (ear infections are super common with RSV) and to try to keep the mucous out of her chest. We never had any chest congestion at all, but they told us to listen for wheezing or any kind of labored breathing. They can give you a nebulizer/breathing machine to treat that symptom if it pops up.

  We just stayed home and gave her lots of snuggles,  made sure to use her humidifier a lot, we sat in a steamy bathroom a couple of times a day (she ate better in the bathroom actually! since the steam broke up the congestion), and suctioned her nose with saline spray + nosefrida every few hours.

  Good luck! Hope sweet Lamar feels better and you guys can avoid it!  The sign is back up at our daycare, so I know some more kids have it. I'm holding my breath that we don't get it again! 

  
  
  

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• vigurl member

  January 2012

  CarlaAndJames:

  The thing is, even if it is RSV (they can test for it with a nose swab, kind of like do with a throat culture for strep), it's a virus and they won't give you anything to treat it, it just has to run its course. We found out Lexi had it when the only symptoms she was showing were congestion (so, so much snot!!) and a slight cough. I had them test at her 6 month appt bc several kids in her class had it and i suspected it, so I made them test before pumping her full of vaccines. 

  I was kind of glad we knew, because we went ahead and kept her at home once we found out so we didn't expose more kids. She was diagnosed on Tuesday, no fever until Thursday (dr said it was normal for them to have their worst day on day 4 or 5 of it). Fever just got up to 102 and came down quickly with alternating Tylenol & Motrin.  She was back to herself by Saturday! (although her pedi did tell me she got over it a lot quicker than most kids)

  They didn't give us anything for it, just told us to be super aggressive with the snot suctioning to try to keep her ears clear of fluid (ear infections are super common with RSV) and to try to keep the mucous out of her chest. We never had any chest congestion at all, but they told us to listen for wheezing or any kind of labored breathing. They can give you a nebulizer/breathing machine to treat that symptom if it pops up.

  We just stayed home and gave her lots of snuggles,  made sure to use her humidifier a lot, we sat in a steamy bathroom a couple of times a day (she ate better in the bathroom actually! since the steam broke up the congestion), and suctioned her nose with saline spray + nosefrida every few hours.

  Good luck! Hope sweet Lamar feels better and you guys can avoid it!  The sign is back up at our daycare, so I know some more kids have it. I'm holding my breath that we don't get it again! 

   

  Thanks I was hoping you would respond to this post with some first hand experince.  I am hoping he does not get it.  This shots cost me a lot of time and $$$

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