Respiratory syncytial viral infection causes respiratory diseases. It is the cause of bronchial and lung disease. Complicating the situation is that the vaccine has not been invented yet, so a positive result of treatment is tried to be achieved with the help of maintenance therapy, in some cases an oxygen mask is used.
Annual epidemics of PC infection occur during the winter or in the rainy season, so at this time doctors recommend that prevention be carried out and the health condition carefully monitored.
Symptoms of respiratory syncytial infection
The incubation period of PC infection lasts from two to seven days. In the early days, the symptoms of respiratory syncytial infection are fairly implicit - body temperature may not rise, but there is difficulty in nasal breathing and serous discharge from the nasal passages. A rare dry cough can be observed. Three days later, the trachea, nasopharynx, bronchi and other organs of the respiratory tract are involved in the process of infection. In this case, bronchi, bronchioles and alveoli are more affected, which is why it is clear that the result of the respiratory syncytial virus of a person is most often bronchitis and bronchiolitis.
On the fifth or sixth day, the symptoms become more pronounced and affect the general condition of the person:
- respiratory insufficiency;
- temperature up to 38 degrees;
- a violation of appetite;
- sleep disturbance;
- general malaise;
- cough becomes paroxysmal, spasmodic and obtrusive, as in whooping cough ;
- shortness of breath ;
- pale skin;
- tachycardia.
Depending on the form of the MS infection (mild, moderate and severe), some of the symptoms may not appear or be clearly pronounced. But even a part of the listed signs of the RS-infection is enough to worry about your health.
Treatment of respiratory syncytial infection
There is no unequivocal opinion on how to treat respiratory syncytial infection, but experts agreed that the use of oxygen is effective. This supportive therapy can alleviate the condition of the patient.
In order to facilitate breathing, it is recommended that an increased flow of humidified air through the nasal cannula is recommended.
If spasms of the bronchi are observed, then bronchodilators are prescribed.
Also inhalation is carried out on the basis of a saline solution. During therapy, the patient needs a lot of drinking.
Treatment of MS infection is inexpensive, but often lasts a long time, and it should not be interrupted in any way.