http://esnpc2009.com/premature-infants/can-someone-infect-a-preemie-baby-with-rsv-if-they-were-previously-in-a-room-where-there-was-smoking Tue, 22 May 2012 00:03:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://esnpc2009.com/premature-infants/can-someone-infect-a-preemie-baby-with-rsv-if-they-were-previously-in-a-room-where-there-was-smoking/comment-page-1#comment-3510 xoymaq Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:47:59 +0000 http://esnpc2009.com/premature-infants/can-someone-infect-a-preemie-baby-with-rsv-if-they-were-previously-in-a-room-where-there-was-smoking#comment-3510 RSV is a virus that causes most of us to just have a bit of a cold but to vulnerable babies it can be quite serious. It is spread the usual way cold and flu germs are spread, from person to person. It has nothing to do with cigerette smoke. I once read that toxins from cigerette smoke can cling to clothing and later be inhaled by the baby if you were to hold them close. However I think this is only a negliable amount and would only be a problem in regular sustained contact, for example if one of the parents smoked even though it was outside away from the baby.<br><b>References : </b><br> RSV is a virus that causes most of us to just have a bit of a cold but to vulnerable babies it can be quite serious.
It is spread the usual way cold and flu germs are spread, from person to person.
It has nothing to do with cigerette smoke.
I once read that toxins from cigerette smoke can cling to clothing and later be inhaled by the baby if you were to hold them close. However I think this is only a negliable amount and would only be a problem in regular sustained contact, for example if one of the parents smoked even though it was outside away from the baby.
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]]> http://esnpc2009.com/premature-infants/can-someone-infect-a-preemie-baby-with-rsv-if-they-were-previously-in-a-room-where-there-was-smoking/comment-page-1#comment-3509 PuppetyDog Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:40:59 +0000 http://esnpc2009.com/premature-infants/can-someone-infect-a-preemie-baby-with-rsv-if-they-were-previously-in-a-room-where-there-was-smoking#comment-3509 Absolutely not. What is bad about smoking is the SMOKE. To be around a person that smells like smoke is not harmful at all, as there is no smoke. The smell of smoke is not harmful.<br><b>References : </b><br>i'm a nurse Absolutely not. What is bad about smoking is the SMOKE. To be around a person that smells like smoke is not harmful at all, as there is no smoke. The smell of smoke is not harmful.
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