Croup is a medical condition that mostly affects young children. It causes swelling in the throat, making it hard to breathe and results in a distinct barking cough.
Full definition
The causes
of Croup include bacterial infection or allergies.
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A cough
from croup can start suddenly, often in the middle of the night.
Kids younger than 3 are most at risk for
croup because their airways are so narrow.
Like most viral infections, there is no cure
for croup, there are many treatments that can help improve the symptoms and make your child feel better.
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After the first night or two of barking, the symptoms of
croup usually become more like a regular cold.
These illnesses
include croup (hoarseness, noisy breathing, barking cough), pneumonia (lung infection), bronchiolitis (wheezing, trouble breathing), or sore eyes, sore throat and neck gland swelling.
A viral infection most often
causes croup, an infection of the laynx and vocal cords.
They range from common infections
like croup to mysterious ailments like Kawasaki disease.
Because
croup swells the throat and voice box, it alters the sound of your toddler's cough (and voice).
Oral steroids were previously used mostly for children with moderate or
severe croup, but recent research suggests they may be worthwhile even in milder cases.
For cases of very
mild croup, your child may continue attending a child care facility or school if she feels well enough to take part in the activities.
For newborns, a common cold can quickly develop
into croup, pneumonia or another serious illness.
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Croup often appears after several days of cold symptoms and usually worsens at night.
Your child's doctor can help
diagnose croup, and figure out the best way to treat the condition so your little one can feel better fast.
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The one thing that can
escalate croup to something more serious is stress and crying.
If your child has a very hoarse, deep cough that sounds like a barking seal, it's
probably croup.
Most cases of
croup today are not serious, but a severe case can require hospitalization.
Most of the time, the culprit is the parainfluenza virus, but other viruses — respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), adenovirus, influenza, and measles, for example — can also
trigger croup.
In fact, this cough is so distinctive that your doctor can probably tell you whether it's
croup just by listening to your child over the phone.
Infants with
croup typically wake up in the middle of the night with a cough that sounds like a barking seal and have noisy breathing and a hoarse cry.
The usual
first croup treatment is to take your child into the bathroom, close the door, sit on top of the closed toilet seat together, and turn on a hot shower (don't leave your child unattended around hot water).
Follow the links below to find WebMD's comprehensive coverage about
how croup is contracted, what it looks like, how to treat it, and much more.
In most cases,
croup sounds worse than it actually is and will clear up on its own within 5 to 7 days.
Antibiotics are not used to
treat croup because it's caused by a virus and not a bacteria.
When children younger than 5 years of age have the infection, it's
called croup.
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In practice, however, this has not proven to
reduce croup severity or the need for additional medical care, according to Zoorob and the hot water brings the risks of burns if your toddler touches it.
If your doctor suspects
spasmodic croup, he might prescribe allergy or reflux medications to reduce episodes.
The incidence of
croup peaks in the second year of life, Zoorob explains.