10:15 pm
Saturday 12 November 2022
Books – Ahmed Gomaa:
Health ministry spokesman Dr Hossam Abdel Ghaffar said the preventive medicine sector had swabbed a large number of children with respiratory symptoms, and it was found that 73 per cent of the children had been infected with the respiratory virus. syncytial, which is a very common virus that affects children a lot, and the prevalence of respiratory viruses increases in the period between seasons, the most important of which are: (influenza virus – adenovirus – respiratory syncytial virus).
Abdel Ghaffar added that the rest of the babies are infected with influenza and adenovirus, and 98% of those infected with adenovirus suffer from runny nose and mild symptoms and do not need hospitalization, and 1% of premature babies has risk factors and may develop pulmonary crises and require hospitalization. In hospital
The respiratory symptoms are: (high fever, cough, phlegm, runny nose and loss of appetite).
