Mt_Rider Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/06/health/respiratory-virus-midwest/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 Says it's hitting verrry hard in CO, MO, Ohio, Illinois..... In one hospital, 15% of children coming into ER are being sent to intensive care... MtRider Keep an eye on the kiddos.... Quote Link to comment
lovinit Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Kids were sick here the first week of school. It hasn't caught up to my bus kids yet. I'm hoping it doesn't and is "just a flu". Quote Link to comment
Jeepers Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 They are talking about it a lot up here in N. Ohio. One doctor said they is really nothing they can do because there is no medicine that will treat it. I guess just make them comfortable with IV fluids and oxygen? Quote Link to comment
Mt_Rider Posted September 10, 2014 Author Share Posted September 10, 2014 Saw pics of tiny babies gasping to breath with oxygen masks. Poor bitty things! They say it may be an endovirus. Not that THAT tells me anything. Anyone hear why it only hits children????? MtRider Quote Link to comment
ArmyOfFive4God Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 I wondered the same thing, MtR! Quote Link to comment
Annarchy Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 .....DH said it probably came from all those kids crossing the border..... Quote Link to comment
Mt_Rider Posted September 11, 2014 Author Share Posted September 11, 2014 But scientifically, what microbe targets children? I haven't seen any articles that mention adults getting this. Supposed to be an enterovirus??? MtRider Quote Link to comment
Suncat Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Well kids usually get more colds than adults because adults have the immunities from when they were kids. Plus kids are in school. I have never been sick so often as when I worked with young children in preschool and public school. There's always things that the kids get and the adults don't because they got it as kids. Also, transfer is greater with kids than adults because adults are more able to understand and follow things like hand washing and not touching your eyes etc. Plus if it's not hitting adults hard, they won't be going to the doctor.. they'll just call it another cold and stay home (hopefully) a few days and be done with it. And even if this is something "new" it may be similar enough to something adults would have had years ago that they're not getting it now. Quote Link to comment
ArmyOfFive4God Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 My was tightened shortly after this came out. I was discussing this with Hubba last night... Quote Link to comment
Ambergris Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 A friend's granddaughter has it. Maybe it's close to something adults have developed immunities to? Quote Link to comment
Mt_Rider Posted September 13, 2014 Author Share Posted September 13, 2014 I just don't understand how adults could develop immunities to something. Measles, chickenpox, etc.....we've previously had it. But a virus like cold/flu.....that doesn't happen. Adults who haven't had measles, etc WILL get it as adults. MtRider ....just not catching a flowing picture of cause on this.... Not that I'm a doc or anything, but it's got me curious. Quote Link to comment
gofish Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 This is what a local hospital has done. http://www.wsbt.com/news/local/enterovirus-forces-iu-health-to-revoke-visituation-right/27995332 Quote Link to comment
Jeepers Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Interesting that she said to wash your hands with soap and water because hand sanitizer won't kill those types of germs. Quote Link to comment
ArmyOfFive4God Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Argh! They changed the age from 5 & under to 12 & under Quote Link to comment
Mt_Rider Posted September 14, 2014 Author Share Posted September 14, 2014 Yes....three points of interest in this article: 1) They said children are the most prone to get this.....as opposed to ONLY children getting this. That makes more sense to me...I guess. Used to be that children under....18 (?) could not go into hospitals at all. I was 15 when my dear aunt was admitted... 2) That notation about soap/water and NOT hand sanitizer..... Vital information, indeed, Jeepers. 3 ) Obviously...children with asthma are at much greater risk [i'd put any child with asthma in quarantine before they got sick...til this is over]. MtRider ....thanks gofish Quote Link to comment
sassenach Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 actually including teens now too......... http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/09/13/enterovirus-d68-makes-its-way-to-northeast-officials-confirm/ I think any of us who have breathing problems or immune weaknesses from autoimmune stuff, or sensitive respiratory stuff, asthma should be careful. viruses mutate .......... it sounds like it already is if its including older children. Kansas City, chicago, CT, NY states and several samples still needing testing to confirm from midwestern states. I don't just wash my hands with soap and water, I wash my face and neck too and forearms when I come in from public stuff like shopping. I started doing this even when at home to deal with hay fever, pollens in the air. but also because I am touching stuff someone else touched at market and around alot of other people . Not fanatic about it but it probably helps? If someone comes same day I am at mha and they are hacking and sneezing and have a respiratory infection , I do that when I get home. I have skipped getting those illnesses already around here , partly due to that. ( I am very susceptible at times and knowing I am recovering from one of my weakest most ill and out of whack series of years I have ever had, makes me at least attempt to be more mindful. with ebola floating around and spreading , and many of the illegals are being sent to schools without health checkups first from what I hear, I will be more mindful. Now its leaf peeping season or almost.............new influx of folks from NYC and cities like Boston and such. I try to be aware of that. More thorough cleaning at home for more surfaces..... some of its little stuff like that . Just being more mindful might make the difference if it mutates or kids you know get it and you are around it. I do get asthma attacks sometimes. So. I don't want to push my luck? Bless those who nurse these ill children. Bless the teachers and school staffs and sunday school teachers and such who do a lot with children right now and the extra energy it takes and time, and the families. But now it definitely is making teenagers ill. so, maybe it is mutating to older folks as it travels? Quote Link to comment
Mt_Rider Posted September 14, 2014 Author Share Posted September 14, 2014 I think you're taking wise precautions, Sass! Times like this ....I don't mind my isolation so much. But....sick people come to their docs...including chiro so DH is my portal to this stuff. MtRider Quote Link to comment
ArmyOfFive4God Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 OK, wait. The latest one says that the children up to age 16 had a history of asthma & wheezing. Did I miss where it said that there are others? The first big story was indeed a 13 year old, but he was also asthmatic. I am exhausted (for many reasons today), so feel free to point out if I did miss that it was teens in general. Blergh. Quote Link to comment
ArmyOfFive4God Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 I'm very interested in this, as my kids are 10, 14 & 17. Please forgive my questions & desire to understand. Quote Link to comment
Becca_Anne Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 (edited) http://abcnews.go.com/Health/unidentified-respiratory-virus-hit-kids-country/story?id=25334106 This is an enterovirus. There are several strains that float around, most of them adults have been exposed to and are more common so we are more likely to have immunity. Most of them do not have respiratory symptoms so it wouldn't seem like the same illness by outward symptoms. Children and anyone with asthma should be aware and seek treatment if cold symptoms develop and they become short of breath. Seek Dr's treatment sooner than normal if you are vulnerable and have these symptoms. Important to note that if treatment if sought out the recovery rate is very good. Oxygen and fluids are usually enough to help these pts. Edited September 14, 2014 by Becca_Anne Quote Link to comment
goatherder Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 It seems to have reached Arizona from news reports. Quote Link to comment
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