Enterovirus D68

[Anonymous]

I talked to my kids' Ped about this during a routine visit this week. She said:

Media is distorting the problem/ blowing it way out of proportion, which causes overreaction

Most of the kids who develop serious complications with this virus have weakened immune systems, asthma or other underlying illnesses

Most kids in populations like ours (meaning well cared for with caregivers who take them to their pediatrician as soon as potentially serious problems arise) will fare well. Many of the emergency situations you hear about are with kids who were taken to the ER only after serious complications developed.

FWIW.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I talked to my kids' Ped about this during a routine visit this week. She said:

Media is distorting the problem/ blowing it way out of proportion, which causes overreaction

Most of the kids who develop serious complications with this virus have weakened immune systems, asthma or other underlying illnesses

Most kids in populations like ours (meaning well cared for with caregivers who take them to their pediatrician as soon as potentially serious problems arise) will fare well. Many of the emergency situations you hear about are with kids who were taken to the ER only after serious complications developed.

FWIW.

Maybe, but the percentage of kids with asthma (at least virus-related asthma) is pretty high...

[Anonymous]

I am the PP whose college aged daughter had it. I got a call today from my other college kid. He and his girlfriend both have it. Lab confirmed. They are so sick! They are in school near my sister. She drove over to check on them. She said they both had fever of about 101 with horrible coughs. She assured me that it was nothing more I than a really nasty cold. I hate being so far away from my kids when they are sick. :cry

[Anonymous]

It's in DC now. Kid in my kid's preschool is hospitalized with it. Ugh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I talked to my kids' Ped about this during a routine visit this week. She said:

Media is distorting the problem/ blowing it way out of proportion, which causes overreaction

Most of the kids who develop serious complications with this virus have weakened immune systems, asthma or other underlying illnesses

Most kids in populations like ours (meaning well cared for with caregivers who take them to their pediatrician as soon as potentially serious problems arise) will fare well. Many of the emergency situations you hear about are with kids who were taken to the ER only after serious complications developed.

FWIW.

Well, it's a real problem for those kids and their families, right? There's nothing a pediatrician can do for a child in respiratory distress past a certain point other than send them to the hospital as a direct admit or to the er.

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know anything about the risk to babies? FTM of a 14 week old who is toughing it out after his first cold this weekend.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I talked to my kids' Ped about this during a routine visit this week. She said:

Media is distorting the problem/ blowing it way out of proportion, which causes overreaction

Most of the kids who develop serious complications with this virus have weakened immune systems, asthma or other underlying illnesses

Most kids in populations like ours (meaning well cared for with caregivers who take them to their pediatrician as soon as potentially serious problems arise) will fare well. Many of the emergency situations you hear about are with kids who were taken to the ER only after serious complications developed.

FWIW.

The bolded quote is absolute nonsense: this virus appears like a bad cold to a lay person , whether that parent lives in a low income area or in Upper Caucasia. You have to be trained in doing a pediatric respiratory assessment and have a stethescope to recognize when a kid is sick with this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I talked to my kids' Ped about this during a routine visit this week. She said:

Media is distorting the problem/ blowing it way out of proportion, which causes overreaction

Most of the kids who develop serious complications with this virus have weakened immune systems, asthma or other underlying illnesses

Most kids in populations like ours (meaning well cared for with caregivers who take them to their pediatrician as soon as potentially serious problems arise) will fare well. Many of the emergency situations you hear about are with kids who were taken to the ER only after serious complications developed.

FWIW.

The bolded quote is absolute nonsense: this virus appears like a bad cold to a lay person , whether that parent lives in a low income area or in Upper Caucasia. You have to be trained in doing a pediatric respiratory assessment and have a stethescope to recognize when a kid is sick with this.

No, not true. You can learn to recognize signs of respiratory distress and tell the difference between that and just a cold. If the virus is only causing normal cold symptoms it is not anproblem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I talked to my kids' Ped about this during a routine visit this week. She said:

Media is distorting the problem/ blowing it way out of proportion, which causes overreaction

Most of the kids who develop serious complications with this virus have weakened immune systems, asthma or other underlying illnesses

Most kids in populations like ours (meaning well cared for with caregivers who take them to their pediatrician as soon as potentially serious problems arise) will fare well. Many of the emergency situations you hear about are with kids who were taken to the ER only after serious complications developed.

FWIW.

Well, it's a real problem for those kids and their families, right? There's nothing a pediatrician can do for a child in respiratory distress past a certain point other than send them to the hospital as a direct admit or to the er.

Of course it is. But widespread panic with no regard to which populations are most vulnerable serves no one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I talked to my kids' Ped about this during a routine visit this week. She said:

Media is distorting the problem/ blowing it way out of proportion, which causes overreaction

Most of the kids who develop serious complications with this virus have weakened immune systems, asthma or other underlying illnesses

Most kids in populations like ours (meaning well cared for with caregivers who take them to their pediatrician as soon as potentially serious problems arise) will fare well. Many of the emergency situations you hear about are with kids who were taken to the ER only after serious complications developed.

FWIW.

Well, it's a real problem for those kids and their families, right? There's nothing a pediatrician can do for a child in respiratory distress past a certain point other than send them to the hospital as a direct admit or to the er.

Of course it is. But widespread panic with no regard to which populations are most vulnerable serves no one.

What widespread panic? The post about the pediatrician is moronic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I talked to my kids' Ped about this during a routine visit this week. She said:

Media is distorting the problem/ blowing it way out of proportion, which causes overreaction

Most of the kids who develop serious complications with this virus have weakened immune systems, asthma or other underlying illnesses

Most kids in populations like ours (meaning well cared for with caregivers who take them to their pediatrician as soon as potentially serious problems arise) will fare well. Many of the emergency situations you hear about are with kids who were taken to the ER only after serious complications developed.

FWIW.

The bolded quote is absolute nonsense: this virus appears like a bad cold to a lay person , whether that parent lives in a low income area or in Upper Caucasia. You have to be trained in doing a pediatric respiratory assessment and have a stethescope to recognize when a kid is sick with this.

Of course it isn't. In "upper caucasia" most parents of kids prone to even a slight wheeze with a respiratory illness will already have had a conversation with the Ped about inhalers, maybe even have one on hand. They are educated and follow the news. If nothing else those parents are positioned to be on the lookout for problems and act quickly; no respiratory assessment training needed. Contrast that with parents who don't speak English, don't closely follow the news, don't have a regular pediatrician, don't understand the potential significance of their kid's occasional wheeze, and don't take their kid to see a doctor unless there is a serious problem because they can't afford it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I talked to my kids' Ped about this during a routine visit this week. She said:

Media is distorting the problem/ blowing it way out of proportion, which causes overreaction

Most of the kids who develop serious complications with this virus have weakened immune systems, asthma or other underlying illnesses

Most kids in populations like ours (meaning well cared for with caregivers who take them to their pediatrician as soon as potentially serious problems arise) will fare well. Many of the emergency situations you hear about are with kids who were taken to the ER only after serious complications developed.

FWIW.

Well, it's a real problem for those kids and their families, right? There's nothing a pediatrician can do for a child in respiratory distress past a certain point other than send them to the hospital as a direct admit or to the er.

Of course it is. But widespread panic with no regard to which populations are most vulnerable serves no one.

What widespread panic? The post about the pediatrician is moronic.

It's a thread with back and forth about what people have heard about a potentially serious virus in our area. How is a post quoting a pediatrician on the subject "moronic?" Please, enlighten us as to your credentials.

[Anonymous]

I posted this on the expectant mom forum, but Reston Hospital is taking this threat seriously enough that no children under 18 are allowed in the hospital unless they are patients themselves.

Sucks for us because we are expecting a baby vis c/s any day now and her big sister likely won't be allowed to visit at the hospital even if she isn't sick. I totally understand the issue, it's just crappy timing.

But local hospitals are on alert.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I talked to my kids' Ped about this during a routine visit this week. She said:

Media is distorting the problem/ blowing it way out of proportion, which causes overreaction

Most of the kids who develop serious complications with this virus have weakened immune systems, asthma or other underlying illnesses

Most kids in populations like ours (meaning well cared for with caregivers who take them to their pediatrician as soon as potentially serious problems arise) will fare well. Many of the emergency situations you hear about are with kids who were taken to the ER only after serious complications developed.

FWIW.

Well, it's a real problem for those kids and their families, right? There's nothing a pediatrician can do for a child in respiratory distress past a certain point other than send them to the hospital as a direct admit or to the er.

Of course it is. But widespread panic with no regard to which populations are most vulnerable serves no one.

What widespread panic? The post about the pediatrician is moronic.

It's a thread with back and forth about what people have heard about a potentially serious virus in our area. How is a post quoting a pediatrician on the subject "moronic?" Please, enlighten us as to your credentials.

The post ended with a fwiw. That part was right: it's worthless information.

[Anonymous]

We live in Denver. We moved here from DC. There are 2 cases in my child's class, one developed pneumonia. This is a private school.