Look out for Early Signs of Respiratory Illness in Young Children
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Parents and carers in Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire are being encouraged to know the early signs warning of potentially serious respiratory illnesses that have started to circulate out of season.
Young children often pick up the common cold, flu and even the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) during the colder months of the year, but health and care professionals across the region are now seeing a rise in the number of cases during the summer.
Health officials believe that Covid-19 restrictions, which were in place for the majority of last year, prevented many young children from picking up natural immunity to many common respiratory illnesses.
Parents are now advised to look out for cold-like symptoms, which develop into persistent coughing, wheezing and difficulty breathing, as well as a loss of appetite and increased irritability.
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