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Health Conditions
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Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
Introduction
It is winter and your baby has been running a low-grade fever for a couple of days. She has been coughing and her nose has been stuffy. She seems irritable and has been crying excessively. You call her pediatrician hoping to get the same pink, liquid antibiotic that cured your baby the last time she was sick. However, the pediatrician refuses to call your baby's prescription into the pharmacy. Instead, the pediatrician asks you to bring your baby into the office right away. The pediatrician says that your baby may have a common cold, ear infection, or Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV). You have never heard of RSV before. What is it?
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Last Updated: October 2007
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Introduction
