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spince t1_it6surf wrote

We've been trying to get over the black lung that our kid brought home for the past two weeks. Daycare was filled with coughing kids. Four days of sinus congestion, last few days of this thing are just horrible sticky mucus in the chest that doesn't clear easily.

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EHsE t1_it7fyo8 wrote

explains the nagging cough i’ve had for two weeks after what i thought was a bad sinus infection lol

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Introverts_United t1_it7u5bk wrote

Black lung? 🫁Was this daycare full of coalminers or chimneysweeps? lol

I know what you mean though back to school time always brings out an awful respiratory virus. It’s really no fun combined with the Covid nonsense. We all had to deal with.

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spince t1_it835xd wrote

I'm wondering if going through covid has made us all a little more vulnerable to this thing. I've got friends across the country reporting the same thing.

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Introverts_United t1_it83emg wrote

Honestly, I was wondering the same as well. The combination of RSV and Covid is awful to navigate between. 😞

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missjennielang t1_it7md9z wrote

Have you tried Vick’s shower soothers? They’re heaven when you’re coughing like that

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otter111a t1_it7ruw2 wrote

The last crud my toddler brought home i had to set up a medication reminder to take ibuprofen at the maximum allowable dose rate. We think of it as a painkiller but It drastically reduces nasal swelling.

That and then neti pot as needed.

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keyjan t1_it7oe0x wrote

mucinex (or the generic) was a godsend for me getting over covid...

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ncf31287 t1_it9agv0 wrote

I can’t tell you how relieving it is to know I’m not alone in this two week struggle. Daycare is producing insane gremlin germs.

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vnangia t1_it7406d wrote

That RSV number is a huge underreport. For one, they simply don't test adults at all, including those who end up in the ER, like my wife this week, and for another they don't bother testing kids unless admitted. Last year it took me something like four months to stop hacking out my lungs, and my kid basically coughed non-stop from July to March.

And the stupid thing is, the test is cheap, easy and 100 percent reliable, can be done at home, and literally no one wants to sell it. Yeah, okay, the treatment for RSV and other "colds" is the same, but boy it'd be nice not to go give it to other family members and know what a ride we're going to be in for.

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bsidetracked t1_it7s81s wrote

>That RSV number is a huge underreport. For one, they simply don't test adults at all, including those who end up in the ER, like my wife this week, and for another they don't bother testing kids unless admitted.

I've been wondering why they aren't reporting that adults are suffering from this too. I've been sick since Monday and have been wondering if other adults are also getting sick.

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brieflifetime t1_ita3jxo wrote

My household tested positive for the flu recently. Like in the last two weeks.

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ballsohaahd t1_it7v828 wrote

Yes I don’t see why they don’t test anything and everything. What the fuck for how expensive the care is.

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Introverts_United t1_it8mmmp wrote

I feel like it’s being under reported as well. I’ve seen a lot of kiddos and adults who had similar issues during the same time. Medical professionals could not help them because they tested negative for Covid.

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rectalhorror t1_it6zhpc wrote

As for the flu, DC Health has not updated its influenza data since June*, but nationally, 1,322 flu patients were admitted to a hospital this week, according to the CDC.*

World class health department, DC has.

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boomer_stoke t1_ita1yxt wrote

What does the cross symbol in your profile mean?

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cadaver_chan t1_itab228 wrote

Appears to be a Dobbs Ikon, a symbol for The Church of the SubGenius.

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BigE429 t1_it7142q wrote

RSV is scary as shit.

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Keanu__weaves t1_it7gb0a wrote

Am i crazy for never hearing about this before? Is it very common?

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bitchesandsake t1_it7hdkh wrote

Yes, RSV is very common. No, you're probably not crazy for never having heard of it

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tyrannosaurus_r t1_it7juym wrote

Extremely common bug that I think was generally just called “a bad cold” or regarded as a generic respiratory infection until recent years. Not sure what the catalyst for public adoption of its real name (RSV) was— I’d guess the pandemic.

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Underscore_Guru t1_it7l6rg wrote

RSV is very common in newborn babies as well and is especially deadly to pre-mature babies.

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tyrannosaurus_r t1_it7lg0y wrote

Indeed. If there’s a bright spot to the pandemic, it’s at least that some folks are now cognizant of how dangerous even “routine” illnesses are.

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moosedogmonkey12 t1_it8ife2 wrote

Very common but mostly serious among young children so you’re not crazy. If you don’t have children or work with them it’s not crazy to not know. Adults do get it but we don’t really test for it so you’d just be sick with an upper respiratory thing for awhile.

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bunki8 t1_it7cin0 wrote

It has been this way for months now in DC. My daughter had RSV and was in ChIldren’s ER without ever getting an ICU bed back in early August. For the respiratory illnesses the kids really just need forced oxygen while they recover and that usually only exists in ER and ICU. Those emergency departments have to be totally exhausted :(

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karmassacre t1_it7jy17 wrote

My infant got rsv and rapidly deteriorated. Landed in the icu for a week. This shit is serious as a heart attack and I cannot believe it isn't getting more attention.

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maidenofmp t1_it8lz0c wrote

My kid recently fell down half a flight of stairs. They hit their head on every step coming down and their nose started bleeding when they landed. We went to Children's for evaluation after consulting their primary care nurse line. We waited over 8 hours overnight in the filthy, crowded waiting room to be taken to a hastily cleaned "fast track" room with crushed Cheetos on the floor. I knew it would be awful, but it exceeded my low expectations. I work with adult patients elsewhere and was appalled.

Even if your kid has a serious injury, Children's (and other facilities in the region) are so short staffed and overwhelmed that they won't be seen immediately unless they present with acute, life-threatening symptoms.

It was eye-opening to see how many parents were using the ER like primary or urgent care for reasons like their kid having a fever for 3 weeks. Part of the problem is the dearth of pediatric urgent care facilities in DC proper, as well as the increasing inability to get same or next day appointments at primary care practices.

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jj9979 t1_it8ris9 wrote

And here you are taking a kid to the ER for an urgent care or primary care issue...

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maidenofmp t1_it8ssk2 wrote

No. Head injury that results in blood or fluid leaking from a head orifice (nose, ear) indicates a potentially serious injury and warrants emergency care. We called the nurse line before going to the ER to affirm this and were told to go the ER immediately.

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jj9979 t1_it8t40y wrote

And you're on edge about someone taking their kid to the ER for a 3 week fever. What pure idioicy

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lc1138 t1_it8x200 wrote

Yeah I had to re-read that. Mad because a kid is in the ER for a THREE WEEK fever? Um hello sounds life threatening to me and very abnormal

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Wurm42 t1_it73wud wrote

Did your kids get their flu shot yet?

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Pipes_of_Pan t1_it7gfdf wrote

Whenever people bring up these headlines, I remind people that many, many parents take their children to the hospital with literally any cough or fever. No shade because I know it's scary when your kiddo is sick but for most people who have RSV, it's just a cold. This is just the time of year when people get fevers and colds.

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sacredxsecret t1_it7vcbp wrote

Those kids aren't admitted to the hospital without just cause. The concern is not that the ER is busy, but that the hospital rooms are full.

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Pipes_of_Pan t1_it7wxkx wrote

Sure, but we're also talking about "multiple hospitals" being three - one in DC, one in Fairfax and one in Baltimore. I am just saying that these articles come out every year when kiddos are getting sick and it does not mean that there is a crisis situation.

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jj9979 t1_it8r45o wrote

Feel free to post any evidence of "every year" whatever you seem to be completely confused about

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Pipes_of_Pan t1_it8r7ez wrote

I’m not taking homework assignments from random weirdos on the internet

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jj9979 t1_it8rb4h wrote

Got it. So you're just bullshitting based on nothing. You fit right in!

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Pipes_of_Pan t1_it8ri1n wrote

LOL how many DC hospitals are cited in this article. That’s not homework because I KNOW you read it

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jj9979 t1_it8rmgj wrote

Keep trying lil guy. You were made a fool in 2 seconds that must suck.

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Pipes_of_Pan t1_it8rzdu wrote

For anyone following this hysterical person’s hissy fit, the answer is ONE hospital and their quote about it was pretty chill but this bozo is losing their mind over it

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jj9979 t1_it8s7s7 wrote

You the best! "Children’s National Hospital in Northwest D.C., as well as the children’s hospitals at Inova Fairfax in Northern Virginia and the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, which represent a total of more than 650 beds, are at capacity, physicians at the hospitals said this week."

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Pipes_of_Pan t1_it8sbn7 wrote

Are you aware that Fairfax and Baltimore are not in DC. Do I need to walk you through this

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jj9979 t1_it8sipk wrote

How many children's hospitals do you think are in the area? What do you think happens when "dc" is at capacity. Thanks for ramming home your incompetence so publicly

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Pipes_of_Pan t1_it8t6iw wrote

…do you think that children are only allowed to go to children’s hospitals…? Do you think hospitals don’t prepare for flu season…?

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jj9979 t1_it8tb5c wrote

Christ almighty. Lol. Thanks for this display. Good way to roll into the weekend. Hahahaha

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Pipes_of_Pan t1_it8tddl wrote

Keep panicking, bozo

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jj9979 t1_it8tke9 wrote

Only thing I'm remotely panicked about is how the us education system still produces absolute low level folks like yourself. Woooofh.

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Pipes_of_Pan t1_it8tnxu wrote

I don’t think there’s anything you’re not capable of panicking about

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im_daer t1_ita50y5 wrote

My 6 month old was admitted 2 weeks ago. Criteria for admission at Inova Fairfax was O2 sat less than 90% awake 88% sleeping. We had to stay 2 nights in the hospital on oxygen. So yes, she had a cold, but she was also hypoxic. I don't know that I'd have felt comfortable going home if her O2 sat was hanging out at 91. Also we started at the peds urgent care and took an ambulance to the ER so it's not like we jumped straight to ER.

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Pipes_of_Pan t1_ita5kut wrote

Sure and I’m very glad you got care but 1) there was a bed for y’all at one of the hospitals mentioned in this article and 2) these headlines pop up every year around this time. Kids get sick in the fall! Hospitals prepare properly for this and the media sensationalizes the situation.

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bithakr t1_it7izfy wrote

Who would even think of taking a kid with a cold to the hospital unless they were nearly dead when all you hear about is overflowing emergency rooms filled with sick people? I’d be extremely afraid to take anyone there let alone a kid.

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Pipes_of_Pan t1_it7kih3 wrote

I understand your perspective but I promise you that some parents take their kids to the hospital for literally anything. I myself have received a few ibuprofen-and-rest prescriptions. I just don't see hospitals being busy during cold and flu season as something to be panicking about.

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jj9979 t1_it8r81y wrote

Ahhh got it. You're just a fucking moron that doesn't understand the difference between "going to the hospital" vs being admitted to the fucking icu.

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d_mcc_x t1_it7lgu2 wrote

RSV was in Fairfax County Schools in september. Kid had it and missed a week of school.

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Aiiisch t1_it86yd6 wrote

My kid has had it all week. Fever was short lived, only two days. But the congestion and cough have staying power. Vicks vapor-rub, sitting in a steamy bathroom for two episodes of bluey before naps and bed, humidifier full blast, and teaspoons of honey for the cough have managed his symptoms pretty well.

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Aiiisch t1_it873jq wrote

This is also his second bout. He had it same time last year (he was 8 months then). It was certainly "scarier" the first time.

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Mhoves t1_it8bgjk wrote

I was in the Children’s ER waiting room yesterday. It was unreal. It was full of people and impossible to social distance. The wait was a minimum of 8 hours. Most of the people in the ER were very young children and were POC. We ended up leaving because we could get a same day doc appointment quicker than we could be seen in the ER.

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amboomernotkaren t1_it8bcsz wrote

Acquaintance took her son to Children’s in DC last week. Children’s was full and they were sent to Hopkins. Kid has RSV. He’s out now, but it was a rough few days and the recovery will be long.

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ohoneup t1_it8ocwg wrote

Prepare yourselves for the collapse of our medical system. You do NOT want to need an ER right now...

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PrivacyEnthusiast1 t1_it8xnio wrote

Unfortunately Covid taught the MBAs that run hospitals that providing life saving treatments to everyone in your community doesn’t make a lot of money. You make even less money for kids.

They are all trying to tailor their hospitals to focus on expensive, elective surgeries that only wealthier people with good insurance can afford.

So expect more stories like this in the years to come

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joe_sausage t1_it76vwy wrote

This winter is going to be awful and nothing’s going to change. 🙃

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coocookuhchoo t1_it7c1e8 wrote

What do you mean nothing's going to change? You know this doesn't have to do with COVID, right? I mean, except for the fact that it's probably exacerbated by kids' weakened immune systems due to COVID-era isolation.

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mjsarlington t1_it7dwby wrote

Agreed. Not to mention parents needlessly bringing in kids to hospital if they test positive for COVID-19.

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KTplusMM t1_it8o4kn wrote

And weakened immune systems from kiddos getting COVID

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son3408 t1_it7irdk wrote

There's more than 1 children's hospital in the DC area? I havent been there since the 90s when the DC area was much smaller than now.

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keyjan t1_it7nzwo wrote

well, VA and MD are big states. There's Baltimore and Richmond with big children's hospitals, as well as the Hopkins and Inova chains, right off the top of my head.

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NotOSIsdormmole t1_itae1so wrote

That RSV vaccine can’t be finished fast enough

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Lot_Beerz t1_itagji6 wrote

I got my appendix removed on Monday at Shady Grove. Holy fuck, it was like a war zone while I was there.

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irked1977 t1_it7km9w wrote

doctors are baffled...

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Brickleberried t1_itelsdp wrote

Be careful: conservatives will call in bomb threats if they treat trans children.

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