Flu hospitalizations now outnumber COVID-19 hospitalizations in North Texas for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic as multiple respiratory...
Medical Doctor Philip Huang, Director of Dallas County Health Department, left, distributes a flu vaccine during a health and safety fair at Pleasant Grove Christian Church in Dallas, Jan. 25, 2020. Ben Torres/Special ContributorFlu hospitalizations now outnumber COVID-19 hospitalizations in North Texas for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic as multiple respiratory viruses continue to spread across the region.
While respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, also saw an unseasonable rise in cases and hospitalizations, especially among babies and young children, cases are currently trending downward. Brewer said it’s too soon to say whether RSV has reached its peak this season. Most of the pediatric flu patients Brewer has seen this year have had gastrointestinal symptoms, like vomiting and diarrhea, which can cause dehydration. She said some flu patients have also gotten pneumonia, an infection that inflames air sacs in the lungs.
North Texas hospitals are set up well for the increasing numbers of flu cases, said Steve Love, president and CEO of the DFW Hospital Council.“We don’t want people to panic, but we do know that the flu increases in hospitalizations and cases continue to incrementally go up,” Love said. “What we’re going to have to do is be very careful and monitor it closely over the next seven to 10 days to see if we have an impact from Thanksgiving.
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