Runny nose, cough and sore throat – these are the most common symptoms of an infection that is sweeping through kindergartens and schools in Poland. In some schools, even half of the students are missing. Parents are heartbroken.
- Educators and parents observe a significant increase in the incidence of the disease among students
- The infection usually lasts about two weeks for children and one week for parents
- More and more children are contracting respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in various regions of the world
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Teachers and school principals admit that classrooms are exhausted. Most of the students are missing, according to the reports of teachers interviewed by Gazeta Wyborcza. These opinions are also confirmed by parents who comment on their children’s health in social media. “School has barely started and my child is sick” – this is just one of many similar-sounding entries.
There are more infections than usual
– There are always a lot of infections in the fall. However, this season, children and adolescents have a lot of them. Definitely more than last year – notes Dr. Jarosław Krawczyk, family doctor in an interview with Gazeta Wyborcza. – Most often, the youngest report symptoms of infection: cough, runny nose, sore throat. Usually not fever accompanies these symptoms – adds the medic.
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How is the infection in children? It usually starts with a sore throat for 1-3 days. This is accompanied by sneezing and a runny nose that turns into a dry cough over time. The runny nose becomes denser and greener, and the cough may become wet and worsen or disappear. Infection lasts about two weeks for children and one week for parents.
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As the website «Deutsche Welle» points out, more and more children in various regions of the world become infected with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). It is a pathogen that is widely distributed all over the world and can cause minor respiratory infections but also serious diseases. In principle, the virus can be infected by people of all ages, but young children are particularly common.
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Build immunity or stay home?
When not to let children go to school or kindergarten? The answer to this question is very difficult, because the position of pediatricians on this subject is not clear-cut.
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Some say let go, because when, if not now, children are to build their immunitythat contact with bacteria and viruses is the only way to build it.
Others, on the other hand, recommend leaving home and observing your ailments.
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