Enterovirus D68

[Anonymous]

My friend's son has a suspected case of the new respiratory virus and was told that they aren't testing for it in our area yet. The doctor who admitted him said there's no doubt given the number of new cases and the increase in children being admitted but they have yet to be ordered to test for it.

Both of my friend's kids got the illness but the older one required hospitalization and round the clock breathing treatment. It's a tough illness resulting in an absurd number of hospitalizations.

http://www.cdc.gov/non-polio-enterovirus/about/ev-d68.html

[Anonymous]

where

[Anonymous]

PG. The doctor at Children's said they have seen many cases already. They aren't testing for it yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My friend's son has a suspected case of the new respiratory virus and was told that they aren't testing for it in our area yet. The doctor who admitted him said there's no doubt given the number of new cases and the increase in children being admitted but they have yet to be ordered to test for it.

Both of my friend's kids got the illness but the older one required hospitalization and round the clock breathing treatment. It's a tough illness resulting in an absurd number of hospitalizations.

http://www.cdc.gov/non-polio-enterovirus/about/ev-d68.html

Did the child who was hospitalized have asthma?

[Anonymous]

We had it. My kids are older and otherwise healthy. No one needed to be hospitalized. My 21 year old daughter was by far the sickest. She picked it up in her college dorm and brought it home with her.

The symptoms were those of a bad cold, plus an unusually high fever. My daughter developed pneumonia.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We had it. My kids are older and otherwise healthy. No one needed to be hospitalized. My 21 year old daughter was by far the sickest. She picked it up in her college dorm and brought it home with her.

The symptoms were those of a bad cold, plus an unusually high fever. My daughter developed pneumonia.

So this was last May? Did they do the test? I ask because this doesn't sound typical -- your kids are older and I thought a high fever was not a part of it.

[Anonymous]

My daughter was tested because they had several confirmed cases on campus. I should have clarified when I said "unusually high fever" I meant unusual for a simple cold. I never run fever and mine was 102 for several days. The other symptoms were very much cold symptoms - stuffy nose, headache, cough....

[Anonymous]

PP here - not in May. Just a few weeks ago. She probably contracted it her first week back at school. We brought her home as soon after she was diagnosed. She was able to go back after about a week. She is still weak from having pneumonia, but otherwise fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We had it. My kids are older and otherwise healthy. No one needed to be hospitalized. My 21 year old daughter was by far the sickest. She picked it up in her college dorm and brought it home with her.

The symptoms were those of a bad cold, plus an unusually high fever. My daughter developed pneumonia.

So this was last May? Did they do the test? I ask because this doesn't sound typical -- your kids are older and I thought a high fever was not a part of it.

Older children and adults get it. They just aren't being hospitalized at the rate that younger kids are.

[Anonymous]

Thanks. So now we know that the virus has reached the area of "back at school."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We had it. My kids are older and otherwise healthy. No one needed to be hospitalized. My 21 year old daughter was by far the sickest. She picked it up in her college dorm and brought it home with her.

The symptoms were those of a bad cold, plus an unusually high fever. My daughter developed pneumonia.

So this was last May? Did they do the test? I ask because this doesn't sound typical -- your kids are older and I thought a high fever was not a part of it.

Older children and adults get it. They just aren't being hospitalized at the rate that younger kids are.

My friend's teenager is in the hospital with it now while her elementary aged kids didn't require hospitalization.

[Anonymous]

Will antibiotics help this?

[Anonymous]

Sickness is going around now. Has not reached the suburbs yet.

[Anonymous]

My DS's friend was out of school for over a week. His eyes were so bloodshot from coughing and he still can't participate in recess. Not sure if it was this particular virus but it was a doozie.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Will antibiotics help this?

It's a virus. No. Secondary (bacterial) pneumonia, maybe.