Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions

By Kenneth Kee

This book describes Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection, Diagnosis and Treatment and Related Diseases

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) produces infections of the lungs and respiratory tract.

It is so frequent that most children have the RSV infection by age 2.

Respiratory syncytial virus can also affect adults.

In adults and older healthy children, RSV symptoms are mild and normally imitate the common cold.

Self-care measures are normally all that is required to alleviate any discomfort.

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a very frequent virus that results in mild, cold-like symptoms in adults and older healthy children.

It can be more severe in young babies, particularly those in certain high-risk groups.

RSV can produce serious infection in some people particularly:
1. Premature babies,
2. Older adults,
3. Infants and adults with heart and lung disease, or
4. Anyone with a very weak immune system (immunocompromised).

Respiratory Syncytial Virus infection is produced by a virus and transmitted when an infected person coughs or sneezes.

The respiratory syncytial virus goes into the body through the nose or mouth or very often through the eyes (when people rub their eyes with a hand that has come in contact with infected secretions).

It transmits readily through the air on infected respiratory droplets.

The parent or the child can become infected if some person with RSV coughs or sneezes near them.

The respiratory syncytial virus also passes to others through direct contact, such as shaking hands.

The virus can survive for hours on hard objects such as countertops, crib rails and toys.

If the patient touches the mouth, nose or eyes after touching a contaminated object, the patient is likely to pick up the virus.

An infected person is most infectious in the first few days after infection.

The virus may continue to transmit for up to a few weeks.

Risk factors

By age 2 years, 90% children will have been infected with respiratory syncytial virus.

Children who are present at child care centers or who have siblings who attend school are at a higher risk of exposure.

RSV season (when outbreaks are likely to happen) is the autumn (fall) to the end of spring.

People at higher risk of serious or occasionally life-threatening RSV infections are:
1. Young Children
a. Premature infants
b. Young children, particularly those under 1 year of age, who have an underlying disorder, such as congenital heart or lung disease
c. Children with weakened immune systems, such as those going through chemotherapy or transplantation
d. Infants in crowded child care situations
e. Infants younger than 6 months of age

2. Older Children
a. Exposure to other children (e.g., in daycare) or to older siblings going to school
b. Older Children with weakened immune systems

3. Older adults
a. Crowded places with people who may be infected
b. Adults with asthma, congestive heart failure, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
c. People with immunodeficiency, such as those with certain transplanted organs, leukemia or HIV

RSV often transmits quickly in crowded households and day care centers.

The virus can survive for a half an hour or more on hands.

The virus can also survive for up to 5 hours on countertops and for many hours on used tissues.

These factors raise the risk for RSV:
1. Attending day care
2. Being near tobacco smoke
3. Having school-aged brothers or sisters
4. Living in crowded conditions

Nasal congestion, runny nose, mild cough, and low-grade fever are the normal first symptoms of both the mild and of the more severe forms of the disease.

Barking cough is a sign of severe disease.

TABLE OF CONTENT
Introduction
Chapter 1 Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection
Chapter 2 Causes

• Language: English
• Publisher: Kenneth Kee
• Release date: Apr 6, 2020
• ISBN: 9780463070291

Kenneth Kee

Medical doctor since 1972. Started Kee Clinic in 1974 at 15 Holland Dr #03-102, relocated to 36 Holland Dr #01-10 in 2009. Did my M.Sc (Health Management ) in 1991 and Ph.D (Healthcare Administration) in 1993. Dr Kenneth Kee is still working as a family doctor at the age of 70. However he has reduced his consultation hours to 3 hours in the morning and 2 hours in the afternoon. He first started writing free blogs on medical disorders seen in the clinic in 2007 on http://kennethkee.blogspot.com. His purpose in writing these simple guides was for the health education of his patients which is also his dissertation for his Ph.D (Healthcare Administration). He then wrote an autobiography account of his journey as a medical student to family doctor on his other blog http://afamilydoctorstale.blogspot.com This autobiography account “A Family Doctor’s Tale” was combined with his early “A Simple Guide to Medical Disorders” into a new Wordpress Blog “A Family Doctor’s Tale” on http://ken-med.com. From which many free articles from the blog was taken and put together into 1000 eBooks. He apologized for typos and spelling mistakes in his earlier books. He will endeavor to improve the writing in futures. Some people have complained that the simple guides are too simple. For their information they are made simple in order to educate the patients. The later books go into more details of medical disorders. He has published 1000 eBooks on various subjects on health, 1 autobiography of his medical journey, another on the autobiography of a Cancer survivor, 2 children stories and one how to study for his nephew and grand-daughter. The purpose of these simple guides is to educate patient on health disorders and not meant as textbooks. He does not do any night duty since 2000 ever since Dr Tan had his second stroke. His clinic is now relocated to the Buona Vista Community Centre. The 2 units of his original clinic are being demolished to make way for a new Shopping Mall. He is now doing some blogging and internet surfing (bulletin boards since the 1980's) starting with the Apple computer and going to PC. The entire PC is upgraded by himself from XT to the present Pentium duo core. The present Intel i7 CPU is out of reach at the moment because the CPU is still expensive. He is also into DIY changing his own toilet cistern and other electric appliance. His hunger for knowledge has not abated and he is a lifelong learner. The children have all grown up and there are 2 grandchildren who are even more technically advanced than the grandfather where mobile phones are concerned. This book is taken from some of the many articles in his blog (now with 740 posts) A Family Doctor’s Tale. Dr Kee is the author of: "A Family Doctor's Tale" "Life Lessons Learned From The Study And Practice Of Medicine" "Case Notes From A Family Doctor"

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Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection,

A

Simple

Guide

To

The Condition,

Diagnosis,

Treatment

And

Related Conditions

By

Dr Kenneth Kee

M.B.,B.S. (Singapore)

Ph.D (Healthcare Administration)

Copyright Kenneth Kee 2020 Smashwords Edition

Published by Kenneth Kee at Smashwords.com

Dedication

This book is dedicated

To my wife Dorothy

And my children

Carolyn, Grace

And Kelvin

This book describes Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection, Diagnosis and Treatment and Related Diseases which is seen in some of my patients in my Family Clinic.

(What You Need to Treat Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection)

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Introduction

I have been writing medical articles for my blog: http://kennethkee.blogspot.com (A Simple Guide to Medical Disorder) for the benefit of my patients since 2007.

My purpose in writing these simple guides was for the health education of my patients.

Health Education was also my dissertation for my Ph.D (Healthcare Administration).

I then wrote an autobiography account of my journey as a medical student to family doctor on my other blog: http://afamilydoctorstale.blogspot.com.

This autobiography account A Family Doctor’s Tale was combined with my early A Simple Guide to Medical Disorders into a new Wordpress Blog A Family Doctor’s Tale on http://kenkee481.wordpress.com.

From which many free articles from the blog was taken and put together into 800 eBooks.

Some people have complained that the simple guides are too simple.

For their information they are made simple in order to educate the patients.

The later books go into more details of medical disorders.

The first chapter is always from my earlier blogs which unfortunately tends to have typos and spelling mistakes.

Since 2013, I have tried to improve my spelling and writing.

As I tried to bring the patient the latest information about a disorder or illness by reading the latest journals both online and offline, I find that I am learning more and improving on my own medical knowledge in diagnosis and treatment for my patients.

My diagnosis and treatment capability has improved tremendously from my continued education.

Just by writing all these simple guides I find that I have learned a lot from your reviews (good or bad), criticism and advice.

I am sorry for the repetitions in these simple guides as the second chapters onwards have new information as compared to my first chapter taken from my blog.

I also find repetition definitely help me and maybe some readers to remember the facts in the books more easily.

I apologize if these repetitions are irritating to some readers.

Chapter 1

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) Infection

What is Respiratory syncytial virus infection?

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) produces infections of the lungs and respiratory tract.

It is so frequent that most children have the RSV infection by age 2.

Respiratory syncytial virus can also affect adults.

In adults and older healthy children, RSV symptoms are mild and normally imitate the common cold.

Self-care measures are normally all that is required to alleviate