Pediatric beds are filling up at hospitals across the country with several respiratory viruses circulating, including RSV.
"We're seeing a lot of what we call bronchiolitis, which is a specific type of inflammation deeper in the lung," said Dr. Vincent Tamariz, medical director of the pediatric emergency department at Sutter's California Pacific Medical Center."It's not a nose infection or a head cold. It's a deeper lung infection. We've really had a huge wave so we have multiple viruses at the same time so we're seeing a shortage of pediatric beds across the country.
"This year is much different than any other year. This year, RSV is much earlier. Normally, you can set your calendar by RSV, where it comes from the East Coast to the West Coast and it marches across the country. So, we usually see RSV much later in the winter, even into the next year -- January and February," he said."RSV has really caught everybody a little bit by surprise. It's the same disease, it's just in a different time.
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