Dr. Ashraf Hatem, former Minister of Health and Chairman of the Health Committee in Parliament, revealed that respiratory viruses spread in the fall season and with the advent of winter.
He added that these viruses spread in the fall and winter season, which is the flu season between autumn and winter, and respiratory viruses begin to become active like influenza, from which a strain mutates.
Before that, in 2008, it was H1N1, and the second virus was Corona
Hatem explained that the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a virus that has existed for a long time.
He indicated that RSV spreads among children from the age of two to 6 years, especially in nurseries because it is a very infectious disease, and it brings symptoms such as coughing from the throat, high fever, and runny nose, and 90% of it heals on its own. Himself.
He said that this year the flu dominates, and in children, the RSV has become dominant, and its treatment consists of rest, fluids, and fever reducers, and no antibiotic is taken to treat it.
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