Whenever he catches a cold or gets a runny nose we know he will end up at pediatrician or ER eventially, and be prescribed predisolone (along with his usual mediacations singulair, pulmicort, and xopenex). He always ends up on predisolone, or decadron, even at the ER ephedrine (neb).
He has had his tonsils and adenoids removed. The ENT ordered a CT of the throat to rule out narrowing of the epiglottic region, which apparently was fine. He has also had x-rays of the sinuses.
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my 5 year old son has jst went threw a bronchoscopy where the doc discovered he had flat and floppy airways, he has suffered re ocurrent croup since hes been 9 months and its been getting much worce, they said hes to get an mri scan to to make sure there isnt a blood vessel over it but you know what the hospital are like they never explained what happens to treat it, they have just said wait till the mri results come back.
I was recently diagnosed with COPD. I am using oxygen in addition to a Nebulizer four times per day. The oxygen is very helpful, but the use of the Nebulizer has made me feel worse. I develop a very rapid heart rate with the first use of the day along with extreme weakness. I don't feel well all day because I can't recover from the pounding heart rate and weakness before another session with Nebulizer is due. The two medications used in the Nebulizer are: Xopenx 1.
Again i brought him and she said it was the start of CROUP. His lungs were clear and she said to give him 15mg of Prednosolone 2 tiems a day. ...it seems to get the coughing to ease up. Today i put him in the shower w me to clean him up a bit and he began to get hives on his face like crazy. scratching he was so upset. I quickly gave him Benadryl and he was ok after a while. My question is this...can the croup be causing the Hives? and was it the steam opening up his pores what made it worse?
My son is six years old and he has had croup with stridor every other month since he was four months old. His latest episode was last night when he woke up in the middle of the night with stridor - where he cannot even speak and he can't breathe and he just makes a wheezing sound with every intake of breath. When this occurs, I drive as quickly as I can to the ER where they give him racemic epinephrine and dexamethasone.
She is 2 years old and 11 months and it began with the first croup attack at 6 months of age. We have been to the ER 11 times and 7 times it resulted in an admission to the hospital. Nobody can explain why she gets it so much. She has never had any other illness or infection besides the croup. Never even rotovirus, only croup. A couple (2-3) times it has turned into pneumonia. The pediatric ENT did a bronchoscopy on her and it was perfectly normal.
My now 16yr old had her first round of croup at 8 weeks old and turned blue in her crib and her first diagnosed asthma at age 18mos ... so you have come to the right place for "Mom" experience with croup. She had croup no less than 6-8X a year and now looking back at her history (she is documented asthmatic) she was probably having RAD or asthma going on which was misdiagnosed as croup or was croup along with the asthma. She was on nebulizerr, etc.
My son has been battling croup 5+ time a year since he was 2. He will be 6 in 12 days. Croup is always worse at nght, and if your child wakes up and can't breathe put him in the bathroom to sit with the hot shower on or bring them out into the cold air (if its cold where you live) and it will help open up the airways. If the croup is really bad, either a doctors office or the ER will give them an oral dose of steroids or an injection of it. Croup is a scary illness.
He was presented to the ER when his breathsounds worsened and it appeared he was in distress. He recieved xopenex tx, however, I believe the calming car ride did more wonders. His O2 sats did not go below 97% and his chest x-ray was clear. Lung sounds also have been clear. My concern is that his breathing continues to become noisier and when upset he appears in distress. He feeds ok, however appears fatigued with the effort to eat and breath. He now wheezes cont., even sleep.
We went to the ER 2 weeks ago and followed up with his md who gave him prednisone for 4 days to help with the inflamed airways for his croup, but it also lowers the immune system which is why we had to wait another week to get his vaccinations. He had an elevated body temperature last night, but it was 100.9 rectally so I wasn't too concerned. Last night and tonight he seems fussier than normal and just looks like he isn't feeling well.
In the states we have several versions of albuterol - Proair, Proventil, Ventolin, Maxair (technically pributerol) and a purified version Xopenex (technically levalbuterol). All of them Xopenex is the only one that does not go by albuterol. No generics because of the cfc ban. We do have generic albuterol neb solution. The Xopenex doesn't cause the shakiness that the other versions do and can be more effective. I wonder if that is what part of my problem has been? hmmmmm...
So this morning I took him to the doctor (I was super scared that he may have the swine flu) and discovered he has croup. I have been sent home with a slew of medicines to administer, and a sick little baby to care for. The poor thing.
Anyway my ped said that croup is pretty common this time of year, but he had seen some pretty mean strains so far. That's what I wanted to share... that, apparently, a mean strain of croup circulating around this winter.
My (just turned) one yr mold had hand foot and mouth AND croup two weeks before He's birthday. One after the other, it was heart breaking but Dr said they are as common as a cold and just the same, except the spots / cough make it seem worse. They have him oral steroid one a day for three days and he was himself two days later. It ***** but it's all part and parcel with being a parent.
Awe, I hope she feels better soon, my LG is almost 4 weeks and has a stuffy nose, it's so sad seeing her try to eat and have to stop a bunch of times because she can't breathe, poor girls!!
Their asthma is triggered by viruses and infections like croup and bronchitis. We have a nebulizer, a spacer and an aerochamber -- every kind of inhaler possible. They don't need them all the time, but when they do, we are prepared.
About a month ago, my 5 1/2 year old woke up gasping and sounding like he had croup. It was the worst we'd ever experienced and he told me he felt like he was going to die. It broke my heart!
As a new and first time mother I could not get any one (including 6 peditricians) to listen to me until he was a year old and had to hospitalized for croup in June. Apparently this is out of the norm for our area. Even at that point no one was concerned or felt that we should do any type of preventitive medications. Then when he was 18 months old he got what I assumed was croup again, I called the pediatrician and they called in his usual round of steroids, at this point he had croup appx.
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The cysts can be benign, or harmless. You will probably need to monitor your nephew's growth and development closely. And also watch for any symptoms.
The cysts are pockets of fluid collection. These form during the early development stages.
What problems did your nephew had with the throat ?
Hi, it is possible to be having asthma issues and maintaim a good peak flow for a while. Peak flow reflects how clear the larger airways are. You could be having issues in the smaller airways. The presence of mucous would indicate that something is probably going on. You should really discus this with your dr at your next visit and see what he/she says.
Another thought would be acid reflux. Could this be an issue for you?
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