Caution To All US Parents: A Respiratory Virus Attacked More Than 900 Children In US And Expects To Outbreak More Parts Of The Country.
Top Factors On Human Enterovirus 68
U.S. children and parents were under the threat of a respiratory virus that infected more than 900 children across the U.S. Colds, except worst condition, are considered to be the primary symptoms of infection. The report says that each day, a minimum of 30 children are seeking medical care at the single venue like Kansas City hospital. Out of 30 children, 15% of them were admitted in the ICU, officials reported. The shocking report cautioned the possibility of the outbreak of invasive disease to the regions like Colorado, Illinois and Ohio. The health authorities from these regions already reported the cases with the symptoms of same virus and waiting for the lab results, CNN reports.
Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City has undergone with the treatment for 450 children and 60 of them were provided with intensive care, spokesman Jake Jacobson said. The researchers were still wasn't able to identify the disease and they suspect that it may be a rare respiratory virus named human enterovirus 68. The disease virus is connected to the rhinovirus that is the basic reason for the cold, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP) said. CDCP warns the states like Missouri, Kansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Lowa, Colorado, Ohio, Oklahoma, North Carolina and Georgia are under the threat of respiratory virus. The health officials from these various states were able to notice the presence of human the enterovirus 68 and currently are seeking for the elimination support from CDC.
The officials from the Children's Hospital, Colorado in Denver said that they have treated more than 900 children patients with the sign of the respiratory virus between August 18 and September 4. The reports also say that 80 children were admitted in the hospital and few of them are in the intensive care for emergency support. The virus infection in the children seems to be with severe cold. It can also be developed as asthma and can be dangerous, as it depends on how it influences the respiratory system and need important care, Dr. Christine Nyquist, a pediatrician at Children's Hospital Colorado, ABC reports. "The kids are coming in with respiratory symptoms, their asthma is exacerbated and kids with no wheezing are having wheezing." Nyquist said.