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WELL.IN SOUTH AUSTIN- CASEY
JAMES, KXAN NEWS.
YOU CAN HEAR THE COUGHS,
SNIFFLES AND SNEEZES AROUND
WORK.
IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR PEOPLE
ARE GETTING SICK LEFT AND
RIGHT.BUT WHAT ABOUT YOUR KIDS?
THERE'S AN ILLNESS YOU SHOULD
BE WATCHING FOR.
KXAN'S SOPHIA BEAUSOLEIL IS
LIVE AT DELL CHILDRENS
HOSPITAL. WE WERE TALKING
ABOUT IT EARLIER IN THE
NEWSROOM.IT'S NOT BRONCHITIS
.. IT'S BRONCHIOLITIS
THEY SHOULD SIMILIAR RIGHT BUT
BRONCHIOLITIS AFFECTS YOUNGER
CHILDREN.THEY MAY GET A FEVER,
COUGHING CONGESTION LIKE THE A
USUAL CODE BUT AFTER A DAY OR
TWO YOU'LL NOTICE IT'S A CHEST
COLD.
DOCTORS AT DELL CHILDREN'S SAY
IT'S BRONCHILITIS SEASON.IN
NOVEMBER THEY SEE A SURGE IN
CASES.IT'S A VIRAL INFECTION.
IT'S DIFFERENT FROM THE USUAL
COLD THAT EFFECTS YOUR NOSE
AND THROAT.THIS VIRUSES WHICH
IS A GROUP OF VIRUSES CAN GET
INTO THE LUNG AND CAUSE
INFLAMATION OF THE SMALL
AIRWAYS. WHAT CAUSES IT? RSV.
RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS
IT'S DOWN IN THE LUNG CAUSE WEEZING.
WEEZING.
"IF YOU HAVE MORE THAN ONE
CHILD IT'S VERY DIFFICULT NOT
TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THIS
VIRUS TO THE OTHER CHILD THERE
ARE SOME THINGS YOU CAN DO,
KEEPING THEM SEPARATE TO THE
EXTENT THAT YOU CAN TRYING TO
MAKE SURE THAT YOU WASH THEIR
HANDS AND THEY WASH THEIR
HANDS AND NOT TOUCH THEIR EYES
AND FACE, OTHER THAN THAT IF
THEY HAVE A FEVER THEY
SHOULDN'T GO TO SCHOOL UNTIL
THEY DON'T HAVE A FEVER, OTHER
THAN THOSE THINGS, IT'S A
VIRUS THAT'S OUT THERE AND
3AVOID."
AVOID."
CHILDREN UNDER SIX MONTHS TO A
YEAR ARE THE ONES AT HIGHEST
RISK.HAPPEN TO ALMOST ONE
PERCENT OF ALL CHILDREN IN
THAT AGE GROUP END UP WITH A
HOSPILITAZTION. USUALLY FROM
BREATHING DIFFICULTIES.
MOST CHILDREN IN THE UNITED
STATES BY THE TIME THEY'RE
THREE HAD BRONCHIOLITIS ONCE.
TREATED AT HOME.EVERY NOVEMBER
IS WORSE THAN LAST YEAR.IT'S
COMMON IN IN ADULTS. SEEING
ABOUT 280 KIDS A DAY.LARGE
PORTION HAS BRONCHILITIS.
BRONCHILITIS.REPORTING LIVE AT
DELL CHILDREN'S SOPHIA
BEAUSOLEIL KXAN CHILDREN'S