Croup
Croup is a swelling of the lining of the larynx (voice box) that is caused by a virus. Your child will have a barky cough and his/her voice may be hoarse. When your child breathes in you may hear a high pitched rasping sound.
Croup Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
What is croup?
Croup is a common respiratory problem in young children. It tends to occur in the fall and winter. Its main symptom is a harsh, barking cough.
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Croup is an infection of the throat (larynx) and windpipe (trachea) that results in noisy breathing and a harsh, barking cough. Most children who have croup are under five years old.
Croup Overview
Croup is an infection that often comes after a child experiences an acute viral infection of the upper respiratory tract. The infection may extend from the vocal cords (larynx) to the trachea and bronchi.
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Croup is an infection of the voice box and windpipe. It is often mild, and most children soon recover. A steroid medicine is usually prescribed to ease symptoms. In some cases severe breathing difficulties develop.
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Croup (laryngotracheobronchitis) is a respiratory disease which afflicts infants and young children, typically aged between 3 months and 3 years.
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Alternate Names : Viral croup, Laryngotracheobronchitis - acute, Spasmodic croup
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Croup is caused by a respiratory infection that causes a child to make a particular sound, like a harsh bark, when they cough or cry.
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What is croup?
Croup is a disease caused by a virus, bacteria, allergies, and inhaled irritants that leads to swelling in the airways and problems breathing.
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Croup Treatment
Croup usually can be managed with cool mist or steam therapy, which dissolves sticky or dried mucus in the child's breathing passages and lubricates the throat and windpipe.
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How is croup treated?
Since the disease is a viral infection, it cannot be treated with antibiotics.
What is Croup?
Croup is a syndrome, which is a collection of symptoms and signs that consists of hoarse voice, harsh barking cough and an inspiratory stridor (a high pitched noice made with inspiration).
What is croup?
Croup is an infection usually caused by a virus. It causes the trachea (windpipe) and larynx (voice box) to swell, which results in the harsh "barking" cough.
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or lobar pneumonia may be seen at any period of childhood, but in infancy is comparatively rare.
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(krp), acute obstructive laryngitis in young children, usually between the ages of three and six. The manifestations are a high-pitched cough and difficulty in breathing, owing to a spasm or swelling of the larynx.
CROUP CAUSES
The most common cause of croup is a viral infection (such as parainfluenza or influenza) that leads to swelling of the larynx (voice box) and trachea (windpipe).
Croup is a fairly uncommon condition that tends to affect more boys than girls.
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Croup is a viral infection that afflicts mostly young children under age six. With croup, the vocal chords swell, resulting in a barking cough some compare to the sounds a seal makes.
Croup is an infection of the larynx (voicebox), trachea (windpipe), and bronchial tubes (airways). It often worsens at night and improves in the morning. Croup usually lasts about 7 days.
Croup : A condition characterized by resonant barking cough, hoarseness and persistant stridor and caused by allergy, foreign body, infection, or neoplasm. It occurs chiefly in infants and children. [1] ...
Croup is an infection of the tissues around the vocal cords in young children. It causes a characteristic barking cough.
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Croup: Managing a Croup Attack
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A croup infection causes the voice box and windpipe to become inflamed. Your child may have a startling, barking cough, especially at night, the AAP says. Neither antibiotics nor cough syrup relieves croup.
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Caused by a viral infection in the area of a child's vocal cords, croup ischaracterized by its primary symptom -- a tight, dry, harsh cough. Croupgenerally lasts for five or six days and affects children under 3.
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Croup is the inflammation of the larynx.
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Croup is an infection caused by a virus that leads to swelling in the airways and causes breathing problems. Croup is caused by a variety of different viruses, most commonly the parainfluenza virus.
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Croup has an unmistakable sound — a harsh, repetitive cough similar to the noise of a seal barking. Attacks of croup often jar children awake and leave them frightened and gasping for breath.
Croup is breathing difficulty accompanied by a "barking" cough. Croup, which is swelling around the voacl cords, is common in infants and children and can have a variety of causes.
Croup is a common respiratory illness in children that causes a change in breathing with a hoarse voice and a brassy, barking cough.
Croup is inflammation or infection of the voice box and windpipe. The inflammation causes tissue in the respiratory tract to swell. This means a child must work harder for air to reach the lungs. Croup occurs in young children.
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SYMPTOMS"The larynx (vocal cords) or trachea (windpipe) narrows because infection causes the walls to swell inward.
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Croup. Any obstructive condition of the larynx (voice box) or trachea (windpipe), characterized by a hoarse, barking cough and difficult breathing occurring chiefly in infants and children.
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Infection of the lower respiratory system (such as caused by respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV).
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Acute Croupous or Lobar Pneumonia (Pneumonic Fever) is now classed as an acute infective disease of the lung, characterized by fever and toxaemia, running a definite course and being the direct result of a specific micro-organism or microorganisms.
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Epiglottitis is a life-threatening disease. The epiglottis is the piece of cartilage at the back of the tongue that closes off the windpipe when swallowing.
Synonyms: croupous membrane, pseudomembrane
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