Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) is a respiratory disease that causes flu or cold-like symptoms, but can increase risks or lead to more serious complications like bronchitis or pneumonia, particularly among the elderly, young children, and immunocompromised people.
Parvovirus B19 is an exanthematous cytotoxic virus that manifests as an infectious erythema resembling the rubella infection. It is called 5th disease because it is the 5th most common childhood infection, causing fever, rash and transient acute arthritis. However, it is less serious than the others: measles, rubella, scarlet fever.
In our modern laboratory, equipped with state of the art equipment, blood draw gets easier with the special VeinFinder machine .
The specialised machine can assist with the visualisation of the patient’s veins.
Here are some simple steps to help your child feel comfortable during the blood draw.
Explain to the children what is going to happen. Tell your child why the test is being done and how it will be performed.
Infections from group A streptococci are the most common in humans. Acute group A streptococcal disease is most often a respiratory infection (pharyngitis or tonsillitis) or a skin infection (pyoderma).
Colds or ‘flu’ and allergy are all conditions which affect your respiratory system, which makes them difficult to diagnose.
However, each disease has basic symptoms which distinguish it, and can separate a cold from an allergy.
