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RSV is a serious
lower respiratory tract disease!
Please read all about it and familiarize yourself with prevention,
signs and symptoms. Your graduated preemie will have a
compromised immune system for some time. They need extra
precautions to be followed to insure that they will stay healthy and
not contract this virus.
Remember for you and any caretakers to wash your hands frequently.
Keep hard surfaces disinfected, as well as all toys and play areas.
If people want to visit and are not feeling well kindly ask them to
visit when they are well. If you become ill wear a face mask to
prevent passing airborne illnesses to your child. Help them stay
healthy!
My son is at extreme risk for contracting RSV and because of that has
been put on the Synagis injection program. Synagis is not a
vaccine for RSV, however it builds up a protection in his body in the
event that he does contract RSV that the symptoms will not be as
severe.
It was recommended to me that for the first two years that I should
keep my son at home from the beginning of November to the end of April
to minimize the number of people that he is exposed to. These
months are most common for the virus to be spread. This will
help keep his risk of becoming infected.
The facts that I found most interesting were:
***Each
year 50% of infants are infected
***RSV can survive on hard surfaces for 4-7 hours…
this includes countertops, floors, cribs, etc.
***RSV is one of the major causes of pneumonia in young children |
