I took my little girl to the doctor. Not her normal doctor. Anyways he said that she has a mild cases of rsv. Just to give her tylenol. That she will be fine in a week. They said she propably got it from daycare. Then i asked if she could go to daycare. They told me just not to tell them what she has. If i did they would freak out. The nurse said that they would never know the difference because she wasn't running a fever. To me the way they said it was like i should but who's going to know. Which i thought was very wrong. So i didn't take her to daycare. She also has reflux and is on reglan and zantac. Where there have been new reports about zantac and the people who take it are more likely to get pnemouia. So needless to say i am worried to death about her. I am a first time mom and all of this is just making my so sick with worry. I just fear that something horrible will happen to her. Any advice or information on rsv and/or reflux.

No one has any advice or information on this. I am sure she will be fine. I am worried for her. She is so little.

Are you sure they said it was RSV? Really strange 'cuz the doctor though DS might have had it last year -- had a really stuffy nose, so they sucked out his boogers and tested it. Turns out he didn't have it, but from what I've heard RSV can cause respiratory problems. A coworker's infant had it last year and ended up in the hospital on oxygen and they were sent home with a nebulizer. He still has a asthma-like wheeze. A number of kids at DS's day care did have it last year and also ended up on nebulizer treatments. Basically RSV is a virus with lots of snot, so I don't understand why the doctor would've suggested tylenol without a fever.

You could probably do an interet search or RSV (respiratory sycntial virus) -- not sure I spelled syncitial correctly -- but that's what I did when the doctors first thought DS had it 'cuz I was really really worried. Also, the daycare's usually aren't too concerned if someone has it and has recovered because most children have already been exposed to it before symptoms occur. It's just really tiny infants, preemies and children with lung or other health problems that may be more susepctible because of decreased immunity.

Hi There, I am very shocked and apalled that the Dr's office would encourage you to send your child to daycare with RSV. RSV is a very serious virus and for some children ( premies, infants and children whose health is compromised ) it can be deadly! It is highly contagious and is/can be spread through droplets from sneezes or coughs of an infected individual on bits of dust in the air (airborn), direct contact with infected individual, to indirect contact (contaminated articles). Once infected with the virus typical incubation period is 5 to 8 days. The number ONE prevention of the spread of this virus is ISOLATION. It is possible to have a mild case of RSV with your classic cold like symptoms to Bronchiolitis and sometimes (more common than people may think) Bronchopneumonia which could cause respiratory distress to respiratory arrest and require the child to be placed on a ventilator. As far as recurrence, it is possible, but usually presents itself as an upper respiratory infection after the age of 3. There is an RSV vaccination that is available for high risk children. Seeing how you have had your child to the Doc's and was dx with having a mild case, the best thing you can do is to just make yourself aware of the symptoms to watch for should it get worse and require further tx. and try not to worry so much.
Also, FYI, a child who has RSV and the symptoms have pretty much disapated, can still test positive for up to a month after the fact.
Good luck to you and your child, hope the info is of some help. ValleyGurl

Are you SURE he said RSV? Because most generally a child doesn't develop RSV unless he/she has been exposed to it, the only way to test for it is by a mucus membrane test out of the nose. RSV is a very serious illness, one day it can be mild the next severe. I can't believe any doctor in their right mind would tell you to give her tylenol and send her on to daycare. Last year my baby had RSV and it was not a real severe case, but he was still admitted to the hospital. Same thing when my daughter got it. RSV goes around bad in the area I live in from about mid-december to the begginning of march, and we are not allowed to take our children to Day Care if they have a COLD until it has been tested and proven to NOT be RSV.

I cant believe your Ped told you that. My 14month old had RSV when she was 5 months old, she was in the hospital for 3 days. She almost died from that damn virus, any how her ped told me to keep my 4 year old home from preschool because she could carry the babies virus to school to other kids and most of all she didn't want my 4 year old to bring home any germs to the sick baby. While the baby was in the hospital the whole floor was nothing but little ones with RSV. They said it is one terrible virus and sould not be left go.She is now 14 months and we have had trouble off and on with her getting sick ,when she gets a cold now it goes right to her chest, she gets breathing treatments when ever she is sick. So if your little one dont get no better and they keep telling you oh dont worry demand a rsv test. Go with your gut feeling even if you have to go against your Ped. I thought i would faint when the emergency room told me that if we wouldn't of brought her in she wouldn't of made it through the night. Seeing her in there hooked up with wires and tubes is very scary and i have dreams from it when ever she gets a cold. Now i dont screw around i write down every thing and ask everything. hope this helps. connie1790

Thanks for all the replies. I am worried about her, but she seems to be doing fine with the tylenol. What i don't understand is that everyone has said something about test. He never tested her for it. She was coughing when he walked into the room and he said it sounds like rsv. Then he looked her over and said it was a mild case and to give her tylenol and she would be fine in a week. This is not her normal ped. Her ped wasn't in so we had to see someone else. I talked to someone i know who's baby had it really bad. They said that since it was a mild case and she had been at daycare all week that is probably why they told me it was ok for her to go. She had already exposed everyone to it.They said their doctor told them that two days before symtoms even show they can spread it. What i don't understand it he looked at me and said that she has rsv,but i am going to write in her chart uri and cough. When he said rsv of course i was immediately worried. I asked if she would be ok and he said yes and if she wasn't i would bring her back. I didn't take her sooner to the doctor sooner because i really thought it was her reflux attacting up. When we first found out she had that she sounded the same. So i kept taking her to daycare and doing everything i could to make her comfortable. Then i noticed the cough changed and she started crying like something was hurting her. Thats when i took her in. She is on Zantac too. Which i have been told make it easier for them to get pnemiouna. I think this week i may get her in to see her normal doctor and she what she says. I am not convinced that she even had rsv in the first place. He said both of her lungs sounded clear. This guy is weird. Thanks for all your help and i am going to keep a close watch on her and get her into her doctor.

DS was on zantac from just about birth until a week ago -- he's 1 1/2 years old. Because of health problems his doctor was very very concerned that he NOT get RSV and at one regular peds appointment he had a boogery nose and a little bit of a cough, which is why they tested him for RSV. He didn't have it. I still don't understand why the doctor suggested tylenol if your child didn't have a fever.

Most children do get RSV, but I think the older the child is the better off they are 'cuz it's a virus and they gradually build up a bit of immunity so symptoms aren't as severe.

I too question the diagnosis. URI (upper respitory infections) are usually treated with over the counter meds like tylenol and cough and cold meds. I worked in a pediatric office and that is always what they reccommend. RSV on the other hand is a WHOLE different thing and # 1 can not be treated over the counter and # 2 is diagnosed by a swab of the mucous lining of the nose. My daughter at 11 months was diagnosed with a single ear infection on a Wednesday and by Saturday night she was turning blue because she couldn't breath. We ended up taking her to ER in the middle of a snow storm after the ambulance went in the ditch! Thank God that we have an EMT who lives near by or I don't honestly think she would have made it. When we called him he brought oxygen which helped her until we got to the hospital. We went through 2 tanks on the way there. She in the end had developed another ear infection (2 at the same time), pnemonia and RSV. She was a very sick little girl! We spent 2 days in the hospital with round the clock breathing treatments every half hour and because I worked for the peds, they let me take her home on the 3rd day. It is VERY serious. If she seems okay and is not having trouble breathing then I would say not to worry but if you notice her respirations being really fast, then I would not hesitate to take her in. When I originally paged the on call Dr. with Heather they gave me the speel about taking her in the bathroom and turning a hot shower on that would help loosen some of the congestion but when I told her about her shallow strained fast breathing she said if respirations were more than like 50 per minute (or something like that) to take her in. She was doing 80 a short time later! I would definatley watch her and make sure the breathing is not a problem. That would be a huge indicator if you need to worry.

I did some research on the internet and it did say for a mild case treatment was cough and cold meds or abuterol treatments. He said that in a week she would be better. Anyways all this started over a week ago (Sunday the 5th). I took her to the doctor on Wed. the 8th and she really doesn't sound like she is getting any better. She also doesn't sound any worse. I really don't know what to do. I really don't want to be over reacting and keep taking her to the doctor for every little problem she has. Then again i think if i don't she will be really sick and then i would feel horrible.