Comedian Amy Schumer has revealed her young son was been rushed to hospital after suffering from the respiratory illness RSV (respiratory syncytial virus). The common childhood infection usually only causes mild cold-like symptoms in young children, but around three in every 100 will have symptoms severe enough to need hospital treatment – like Schumer’s three-year-old son Gene.
Schumer wrote on Instagram: “This was the hardest week of my life. I missed Thursday rehearsals [for Saturday Night Live] when my son was rushed to ER and admitted for RSV. Shout out to all the parents going though this right now.” Now, Schumer says Gene is “home and better”.
“Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common virus that most commonly affects babies and children under two,” explains Erika Radford, head of health advice at Asthma + Lung UK (A+LUK asthmaandlung.org.uk).
