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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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. [/quote] 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). [/quote]
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