Signs & Symptoms Of RSV; How To Keep Kids, Senior Adults Safe

RSV is a virus that impacts infants and toddlers as well as senior citizens with some two million patients affected every year. Pediatrician Dr. Scott Cyrus joined News On 6 with details before we head into the RSV season.

Signs and Symptoms of RSV

1. Cold like symptoms
2. Runny nose, cough, and fever
3. Wheezing
4. Pneumonia
5. Low Oxygen level

Treatments For RSV

1. Usually treat the mild symptoms at home
2. Wheezing breathing treatments and steroids
3. Hospitalized for Pneumonia and Low Oxygen level
4. Vaccination
5. Synagis (Palivizumab)
6. Beyfortus (nirsevimab)