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Reply to ""some kids just get croup a lot"--does yours?"
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[quote=Anonymous]One of my children gets croup a lot. Likely because his airway is more narrow than average. He has been hospitalized for it and the one time it was so bad, they discussed having to intubate him (which is super rare and almost never something they have to do for croup). Thankfully, we were able to avoid that. We generally go to the ER at he first barking cough because of his history. They give him decadron and recemic epinephrine. He can usually get away with just 1 dose of decadron and 2 epis now that he is a bit older, but when he was younger, he would often get 2 doses of decadron and countless epis (again, very rare). For most kids, croup is just a mild thing that is kind of annoying. But every now and then, a child has more difficulty with it. As he grows, it should get better. Asthma and croup are sometimes related, as they are both reactive airway diseases (asthma is just a different, lower part of the respiratory system). [/quote]
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