EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ALERT due to increase in respiratory infections

Acute respiratory diseases are the most frequent cause of consultation in the early years of childhood. They are of great importance due to their easy transmission and their clinical involvement in infants and young children.

RSV and influenza illness can be severe in children younger than 2 years. The presence of fatigue or whining in children under one year of age should alert them to serious illness.

In boys and girls, especially under 2 years of age, it is recommended in the event of respiratory symptoms such as fever, cough, rhinitis and fatigue to make the consultation through the telephone lines offered: telephone attention to hospital scheme members, homedoctor, pediatrics polyclinic, scheduled emergency agenda, pediatrician attendant and emergency.

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