Editorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDoctors in Pennsylvania are observing a later-than-usual rise in cases of rotavirus, a highly infectious virus that causes vomiting and diarrhea, primarily in children and, though rarely, in adults. Children tend to experience bad symptomsBecause of their smaller size, children tend to experience worse symptoms, and the virus can lead to severe dehydration. While rotavirus typically appears on a seasonal basis, doctors with Allegheny Health Network say it has emerged earlier this year. In serious cases, children should be taken to the emergency department.Doctors emphasize that vaccination is the best prevention against the virus. “There is a vaccine that’s given. It has to be given starting at two months of age, so it’s two months, four months, and six months of age. It’s an oral vaccine, and it really helps decrease the severity of the illness if you should get the illness,” doctors said. Other recommended practices include encouraging children not to touch their face or mouth. If a child does contract rotavirus, parents are advised to wipe down hard surfaces with antibacterial cleaner.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Doctors in Pennsylvania are observing a later-than-usual rise in cases of rotavirus, a highly infectious virus that causes vomiting and diarrhea, primarily in children and, though rarely, in adults. <\/p>\n
Children tend to experience bad symptoms<\/p>\n
Because of their smaller size, children tend to experience worse symptoms, and the virus can lead to severe dehydration. While rotavirus typically appears on a seasonal basis, doctors with Allegheny Health Network say it has emerged earlier this year. <\/p>\n
In serious cases, children should be taken to the emergency department.<\/p>\n
Doctors emphasize that vaccination is the best prevention against the virus. <\/p>\n
“There is a vaccine that’s given. It has to be given starting at two months of age, so it’s two months, four months, and six months of age. It’s an oral vaccine, and it really helps decrease the severity of the illness if you should get the illness,” doctors said. <\/p>\n
Other recommended practices include encouraging children not to touch their face or mouth. If a child does contract rotavirus, parents are advised to wipe down hard surfaces with antibacterial cleaner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS FOR THOSE LIMITS. SOME DOCTORS IN PENNSYLVANIA SAY THEY\u2019RE SEEING A LATER THAN USUAL…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":179713,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[50287,2123,80225,5855,21292,80219,28816,80222,13187,80226,28,73609,80218,30,29,55848,80224,80220,80223,80228,80227,7618,80221],"class_list":["post-179712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-age","tag-allegheny-health-network","tag-bad-symptom","tag-child","tag-doctors","tag-highly-infectious-virus","tag-illness","tag-infectious-virus","tag-month","tag-pa-report","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-doctor","tag-pennsylvania-doctors","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-rise","tag-rotaviru","tag-rotavirus","tag-rotavirus-case","tag-small-size","tag-unusual-increase","tag-vaccine","tag-virus-cases-rise-among-children"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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