This week I choose to define the word respiratory syncytial virus or RSV. RSV is a respiratory virus that infects the lungs and breathing passages. RSV can cause bronchiolitis and pneumonia and is the major cause of acute respiratory disease in children. The symptoms of respiratory syncytial virus are mild and typically mimic the common cold. (MayoClinic, 2014)
When my son was about a year and a half old, he developed RSV. I remember him having a barking cough with fever that would come on and off for about a week. I was so upset when the doctor said he wasn’t going to prescribe him any medicine. I wondered how he was going to get better without medication. He then explained that antibiotics aren't administered because RSV is a virus
When my son was about a year and a half old, he developed RSV. I remember him having a barking cough with fever that would come on and off for about a week. I was so upset when the doctor said he wasn’t going to prescribe him any medicine. I wondered how he was going to get better without medication. He then explained that antibiotics aren't administered because RSV is a virus