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[[Lethargy]] is also common as [[vomit]] can be secondary to [[cough]] and poor feeding secondary to [[tachypnea]] may lead to dehydration.<ref name="Mandell">{{Cite book | last1 = Mandell | first1 = Gerald L. | last2 = Bennett | first2 = John E. (John Eugene) | last3 = Dolin | first3 = Raphael. | title = Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's principles and practice of infectious disease | date = 2010 | publisher = Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier | location = Philadelphia, PA | isbn = | pages = }}</ref> | [[Lethargy]] is also common as [[vomit]] can be secondary to [[cough]] and poor feeding secondary to [[tachypnea]] may lead to dehydration.<ref name="Mandell">{{Cite book | last1 = Mandell | first1 = Gerald L. | last2 = Bennett | first2 = John E. (John Eugene) | last3 = Dolin | first3 = Raphael. | title = Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's principles and practice of infectious disease | date = 2010 | publisher = Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier | location = Philadelphia, PA | isbn = | pages = }}</ref> | ||
History of [[cyanosis]] is related with severe disease.<ref name="pmid16860701">{{cite journal| author=Smyth RL, Openshaw PJ| title=Bronchiolitis. | journal=Lancet | year= 2006 | volume= 368 | issue= 9532 | pages= 312-22 | pmid=16860701 | doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69077-6 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=16860701 }} </ref> | |||
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History and Symptoms
The incubation period of the virus is of 2-8 days, therefore symptoms begin within one week of contact with a symptomatic patient.[1]
Patients usually start with symptoms of a mild upper respiratory infection which includes fever, cough, nasal discharge.[1]
Symptoms of lower respiratory tract infection include:[2]
Fever is usually not high, in case of high fever other causes should rouled out, such as bacterial infections.
Apnea is a severe manifestation of RSV infection, more common in children under 3 months of age and premature infants.[1]
Lethargy is also common as vomit can be secondary to cough and poor feeding secondary to tachypnea may lead to dehydration.[2]
History of cyanosis is related with severe disease.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Wright M, Mullett CJ, Piedimonte G (2008). "Pharmacological management of acute bronchiolitis". Ther Clin Risk Manag. 4 (5): 895–903. PMC 2621418. PMID 19209271.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mandell, Gerald L.; Bennett, John E. (John Eugene); Dolin, Raphael. (2010). Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's principles and practice of infectious disease. Philadelphia, PA: Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier.
- ↑ Smyth RL, Openshaw PJ (2006). "Bronchiolitis". Lancet. 368 (9532): 312–22. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69077-6. PMID 16860701.