Fresno County sees rise in respiratory illnesses

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- 'Tis the play for coughing, sneezing and runny noses.

Fresno region nationalist wellness officials accidental they are presently seeing a emergence successful respiratory illnesses astatine section exigency rooms.

"That could mean they could person the flu, COVID-19, oregon RSV. Those are the 3 viruses circulating during the wintertime wrong our community," said Leticia Berber with Fresno Co. Public Health.

According to the CDC, symptoms tin scope from: a fever, chills, fatigue (tiredness), cough, runny oregon stuffy nose, to sanction a few.

Emergency medicine doc with UCSF Fresno, Kenny Banh says determination are 2 ways to forestall getting respiratory viruses, starting with getting vaccinated if you are eligible.

"The 2nd portion of prevention is honestly conscionable basal care, right? Making definite that if you're sick you're trying to enactment home, not spreading to others, considering wearing masks successful crowded indoor spaces," said Dr. Banh.

Valley Children's is besides starting to spot much kids travel into the hospital, but pediatricians accidental its important to cognize erstwhile to person your children sojourn their superior attraction doc versus the ER.

"If you person 1 of those kiddos who who truly seems similar they're struggling to get aerial in, they're utilizing their tummy to breathe, they're utilizing -- you tin spot their ribs benignant of sucking successful whenever they're breathing. They're not capable to portion well, they're not capable to devour well, these are each reasons you should sometimes person them seen astatine the exigency room," said Dr. Whitney Kalin with Valley Children's Hospital.

Dr. Banh adding knowing you are sick, is the champion mode to assistance yourself and others.

"We tin get you tested. We tin get you treated. We privation to marque definite that you don't hold until you're going to the infirmary and needing those IV fluids and getting hospitalized. That's that's not the clip to act. We request to enactment earlier that," said Dr. Banh.

UCSF Fresno offers regular vaccine clinics astatine nary outgo -- you tin docket an assignment connected their website.

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