Key Points
The disease shows mild symptoms but can be serious and lead to hospitalization of the patients..
The common symptoms found in children infected with the virus show mild symptoms such as runny nose, decrease in appetite, coughing, sneezing, fever, and wheezing..
As far as complications are concerned, Respiratory Syncytial Virus can lead to a chest infection called bronchiolitis, which mainly affects children below two years of age..
While bronchitis causes coughing with lots of mucus and can affect people of all ages, the symptoms of bronchiolitis are breathing more quickly, difficulty in eating, noisy breathing (wheezing), and becoming irritable...
RSV or Respiratory Syncytial Virus is a viral disease that is more common in winter..
