Doctors say enteroviruses are on the rise in West Michigan, leading to an increase in respiratory and gastrointestinal illnesses — and in some cases, serious complications.
“Rhinovirus slash enterovirus are kind of a big family, and so it’s kind of annoying, because you can’t really develop immunity to all of them at once, so [one can pop up] and be in the community and just cause a lot of trouble,” said Dr. Andrew Jameson, an infectious disease expert with Trinity Health Grand Rapids. “This is a very, very, like, frustrating virus, not, not super dangerous, like, it just can really ruin your day.”
According to Jameson, hospitals are seeing an influx of recent cases…