Symptoms of rhinovirus infection
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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The incubation period of rhinovirus infection is from 1 to 5 days, more often 2-3 days. The disease begins acutely with general malaise, cognition, subfebrile body temperature, nasal congestion, sneezing, sensation of a foreign body in the throat or awkwardness, scratching, coughing. Often there is a slight pain in the nose and aching all over the body. By the end of 1 day the nose is completely laid. There are abundant watery-serous discharge. The mucous membrane of the nasal cavity is hyperemic, edematous. Due to abundant discharge from the nose and frequent use of handkerchiefs, the skin of the vestibule of the nose is macerated. Sometimes there is herpes on the lips and on the eve of the nose. The face of the child is somewhat pasty, abundant tearing of the eyes, sclera is injected. There may be mild hyperemia and swelling of the mucosa of the palatine tonsils, the front arch. Posterior pharyngeal wall. Sometimes children complain of heaviness in the nose, a complete lack of smell, taste, and hearing loss. In some patients, cough may increase, tracheitis and tracheobronchitis appear. On the 2-3rd day of the disease, the discharge from the nose becomes more dense, mucopurulent, which indicates the attachment of a bacterial infection. The duration of the disease is up to 5-7 days.
Complications of rhinovirus infection are usually caused by a bacterial infection. More often there are sinusitis, otitis, sinusitis.
Rinovirus infection in newborns and children of the first year of life. In newborns, the disease occurs when the mother has no immunity against the rhinoviruses circulating in the area. Usually, the disease manifests itself in the type of catarrh of the upper respiratory tract. The body temperature rises, nasal congestion, mucous discharge from it, anxiety are noted. Sleep disorder, worsening of appetite (due to difficult nasal breathing). More often than in older children, there are tracheobronchitis. Patients are worried about coughing, often dry wheezes are heard in the lungs. Often the disease occurs as a mixed viral-bacterial infection.
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