"some kids just get croup a lot"--does yours?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dovetailing on the other croup thread, I have heard from several doctors and nurses "some kids just get recurrent croup" and that nothing is particularly causing this. I have yet to hear from another parent that this is their child. Most threads have the answer being allergies or asthma.

My 15 months old has had 4 bouts of croup in her life. Every runny nose she has had has turned into croup, except for one. After 24 hours of a runny nose, the croupy cough and stridor will start that night. We have a prescription for steroids and usually one or two doses is all she needs. Because I have noticed no other symptoms, and she is very healthy otherwise (no wheezing), I am wondering if she is just "one of those kids who get croup a lot." I was wondering if anyone else had further testing and were just told that, too.

You need to see a specialist. Like and pediatric asthma and allery specialist and probably an ENT. its not normal to get croup a lot and thats a catch all term for too many illnesses. I love ped but she was not qualified to come up with a proper diagnoses or long term treatment plan. Our kid is now five and super healthy and athsma is managed and small colds, stay small and go away in a few days instead of turning into months of coughing, bronchitis, trips to ER etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son is 3 and within just this year he has had recurrent croup 4 times. I'm pretty upset about this, I had seeing him this way. He just panicked until he falls back asleep. I cant keep him calm and nothing works to stop the panick.

It's not surprising he feels panic b/c he feels like he can't breathe. I hope you get some relief/answers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son is 3 and within just this year he has had recurrent croup 4 times. I'm pretty upset about this, I had seeing him this way. He just panicked until he falls back asleep. I cant keep him calm and nothing works to stop the panick.

When it starts, run a hot steamy shower and sit with him in the bathroom. Then open the freezer door and have him breathe in the cold air. If neither thing helps, ask the Pedi for decadron. If that doesn’t help, you need to go to the ER. They can give racemic epinephrine. My child used to get croup a lot. Our Pedi wrote me an Rx for decadron. I would give it when he had the barking cough and stridor if the steam and cold didn’t help. He is now 7 and hasn’t had croup in a couple years. Hopefully his trachea is big enough now that it won’t cause the big issue that it used to cause (he has been hospitalized with croup a few times).