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My 2 year old daughter at rest in bed with Croup - after hospitalization, presenting with barking cough, stridor and distressed breathing and depressions in the chest. As you watch you will view all the symptoms and see the progression. I hope this will bring an understanding to many and help families and medical students.
These all together at rest are indications for you to SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION for your child.
My daughter was seen in hospital and under prescription inhalers and we had a nurse monitoring her at home during the filming of this video. Never be afraid to call for help. Croup can turn into an emergency very quickly. You must closely monitor the child and look out for signs of breathing distress.
Croup (laryngotracheobronchitis) is an inflammation of the windpipe (trachea) and voice box (larynx) typically caused by a contagious viral infection that causes cough, a loud squeaking noise (stridor), and sometimes difficulty with breathing in (inspiration).
Croup is caused by viruses.
Symptoms include fever, runny nose, and a typical bark-like cough.
The diagnosis is based on symptoms.
Most children recover at home, but those who require hospitalization receive fluids, oxygen, and drugs.
(Merck Manuals)
As a personal message to some viewers. This was my daughter's 5th episode of croup. I had a nurse present in the room with me while I made this video and my daughter is perfectly happy and healthy today. She had multiple croup attacks as a small child and unlike many, She continued into her later child years. She is now 11 and over the last few years her croup attacks have reduced to 1 per year where she needed hospital treatment. Being a single mother at home alone and dealing with croup was one of the most terrifying experiences for me and google and YouTube information and videos helped me a lot to understand what was happening. I hope I have helped others in the same way. As I said above if your child's croup is similar to this you need to go to the hospital. I had inhalers in the house on prescription but they don't always get your child to a comfortable breathing state, they can need more. Your hospital may chose to monitor closely, cool mist, forced oxygen, prednisone, dexamethasone as some corticosteroid options. Never be afraid to call for help. I was lucky to have a nurse living next door who sat with us for many hours and helped me monitor my daughter. Interestingly dexamethasone has been found to have some positive results on Coronavirus / Covid-19 patients, which seems logical but concerns me also that if my daughter were to contract coronavirus, would she have a similar episode to her Croup?. So many new questions. Perhaps you can leave your comments here if you have a medical background. Are croup sufferers at a higher risk if they develop Covid?
To those of you in the medical field, I am also in the medical field and understand how helpful it can be to see a real scenario, good luck in your studies.
