Health News Aug. 30th
You may have noticed more and more people, especially kids, complaining about allergies, sore throats, even mild fevers. Some moms are calling it the mystery bug.
So KXAN talked with Central Texas doctors to find out What's Going Around.
The mystery bug is "mycoplasma pneumonia," and it's contagious, according to Dr. Wendy Lankford at Austin Regional Clinic. It's different from full-blown pneumonia.
It's a milder germ that spreads quickly through a family or other close-knit groups, especially at school or work.
You'll notice a mild fever, scratchy throat and usually, a worsening cough. It can last up to six weeks, and the best way to avoid it is to sanitize everything and wash hands like crazy.
Lankford says those symptoms are a lot like the summertime virus, which starts with fever and then a cough. But it won't last as long, and the virus runs its course in about five to 10 days.
From Seton Healthcare Network, pediatrician Dr. Suzanne Rogers says a stomach bug that causes vomiting and diarrhea is a virus plaguing a lot of her patients in North Austin.
She's also treating plenty of upper respiratory infections, colds and strep throat.
And Rogers said this is the perfect time to remind your kids about germs at school. Explain how interacting and touching can spread those germs.
Coughing or sneezing into a tissue and washing hands before they eat lunch will help.
And Rogers says it's true: 24 hours is the wait-time if your child runs a fever higher than 100.4 degrees.
http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?s=5322781
So KXAN talked with Central Texas doctors to find out What's Going Around.
The mystery bug is "mycoplasma pneumonia," and it's contagious, according to Dr. Wendy Lankford at Austin Regional Clinic. It's different from full-blown pneumonia.
It's a milder germ that spreads quickly through a family or other close-knit groups, especially at school or work.
You'll notice a mild fever, scratchy throat and usually, a worsening cough. It can last up to six weeks, and the best way to avoid it is to sanitize everything and wash hands like crazy.
Lankford says those symptoms are a lot like the summertime virus, which starts with fever and then a cough. But it won't last as long, and the virus runs its course in about five to 10 days.
From Seton Healthcare Network, pediatrician Dr. Suzanne Rogers says a stomach bug that causes vomiting and diarrhea is a virus plaguing a lot of her patients in North Austin.
She's also treating plenty of upper respiratory infections, colds and strep throat.
And Rogers said this is the perfect time to remind your kids about germs at school. Explain how interacting and touching can spread those germs.
Coughing or sneezing into a tissue and washing hands before they eat lunch will help.
And Rogers says it's true: 24 hours is the wait-time if your child runs a fever higher than 100.4 degrees.
http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?s=5322781
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