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==Complications== | ==Complications== | ||
Complications occure in patients with high risk of severe disease | |||
[[Apnea]] | |||
[[Aspiration]] | |||
Reccurrent [[wheezing]] episodes | |||
* Airway disease, including [[asthma]], later in life | * Airway disease, including [[asthma]], later in life | ||
* [[Respiratory failure]] | * [[Respiratory failure]] |
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Natural History Adapted from Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases[1]
- Patients usually develop symptoms 1 week after the contact with a symptomatic patient.
- The first 2-3 days the patient presents mild upper respiratory symptoms (cough, rinorrhoea and low fever).
- Acute pahse (shortness of breath, wheezing, persistent prominent cough, tachypnea, chest wall retraction and nasal flaring) usually developes between the third and seventh day.
- Symptoms gradually disapear within the next 2 weeks (the cough may take longer)
Complications
Complications occure in patients with high risk of severe disease
Apnea Aspiration Reccurrent wheezing episodes
- Airway disease, including asthma, later in life
- Respiratory failure
- Additional infection, such as pneumonia
Prognosis
Usually, the symptoms get better within a week, and breathing difficulty usually improves by the third day. The mortality rate is less than 1%.
References
- ↑ 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.