This was stated by the Ministry of Health and Population syncytial virus Respiratory disease is not a dangerous disease, but its prevalence rates are high. The incubation period of the virus ranges from 4 to 6 days, and the recovery period takes one to two weeks. .
Explained Dr. Hossam Hosni, head of the scientific committeecrown In the Ministry of Health and Population, the symptoms of respiratory diseases in children, such as syncytial virus, have been represented in (breathing difficulties, fever, runny nose, vomiting and sore throat), underlining that a specialist doctor should be visited when any of these symptoms appear on the child to receive proper care and treatment..
And he stressed that the ministry has a strong system of epidemiological surveillance of infectious diseases, in 27 facilities, explaining that since 2020 some simple cases have been diagnosed and then the disease disappeared, and in October and November 2022 the monitoring of the attack began seasonality of this virus, indicating that the pathological symptoms The virus is simple to moderate, but its prevalence rates are high.
And he pointed out that there is no antibiotic to cure this disease because it is viral and not bacterial, and there is no vaccine for it yet, due to the periodic change of proteins of the virus, but there is a treatment that is given to children at a young age, emphasizing that the most important methods of treating minor symptoms are home comfort and the use of antipyretics as directed by the doctor, warning against the incorrect use of antibiotics in such pathological conditions.
He said the virus spreads from autumn, November 1 until early spring, and continues until February all over the world, not only in Egypt, indicating that the hospital receives many cases of bronchitis and pneumonia in this period, and the sensitivity and rate have not exceeded previous years, but the precautionary measures during the Corona period have helped to reduce injuries.
He stressed that no deaths were reported among people infected with the syncytial virus inside the hospital and at the level of Egypt, noting that the death rates due to the virus are limited worldwide. .
He added: Not all syncytial virus infected cases need to be hospitalized, and only 1-2% of infected people need to be detained out of all syncytial virus infected cases.
