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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our pediatrician doesn’t even test for rsv (which I find annoying.) my kids were quite sick with it last year, at ages 1 and 4, for over a week. It started out as a mild cough and runny nose but then turned into low fevers and lethargy that went on for days.

My now 2yo now has it again, obviously because other people are sending their kids to school with coughs and runny noses. She was very mildly sick for the first three days and now on day 4, again with the low fever and low energy. I will send her back to school when she’s back to herself. Her preschool is a chorus of coughing and snotty noses and everything under the sun is incubating there.

There are no specific guidelines for rsv at the my kids school. Just fever free for 24 hours and not feeling sick. [/quote]

There are no specific treatments for RSV, prior infection does not make you immune, and it is endemic. Therefore, there really is no reason to test for it other than assuring the parent that their child’s runny nose is due to RSV and not one of the thousands of other viruses currently infecting daycares across America.

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