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Our 6 month old has Croup
So after a 3am visit to Bromenn ER...our baby had motrin, tylenol, a breathing treatment and a steroid shot.
All on the day she turned 6 months old. Almost poetically pathetic!
She was such a trooper though...and quite tired. We've really stuck to a schedule with her, and she has slept 10 hours through the night since she was 8 weeks old (not missing a night).
So when she wasn't sleeping, we knew there was a problem. She sounded like she was a smoker and/or someone had a bunch of newspaper crinkling inside her chest. She was pretty distressed. So, thanks for letting me share the story.
On to the help: anyone else been there? Advice, stories, or encouragements?
All on the day she turned 6 months old. Almost poetically pathetic!
She was such a trooper though...and quite tired. We've really stuck to a schedule with her, and she has slept 10 hours through the night since she was 8 weeks old (not missing a night).
So when she wasn't sleeping, we knew there was a problem. She sounded like she was a smoker and/or someone had a bunch of newspaper crinkling inside her chest. She was pretty distressed. So, thanks for letting me share the story.
On to the help: anyone else been there? Advice, stories, or encouragements?
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Sorry to hear about this, Breezes. Actually, when I saw your Facebook status, I had to go to Wikipedia to find out what croup was:
Croup is a group of respiratory diseases that often affects infants under age 6. It is characterized by a barking cough; a whistling, obstructive sound (stridor) as the child breathes in; and hoarseness due to obstruction in the region of the larynx. It may be mild, moderate or severe, and severe cases, with breathing difficulty, can be fatal if not treated in a hospital.[1] Croup affects 5% of children in the second year of life; the peak incidence is between 7 and 36 months. The group of respiratory diseases consists of spasmotic croup, acute laryngotracheitis, laryngotracheobronchitis (LTB), laryngotracheobronchopneumitis (LTBP), and laryngeal diptheria. LTB and LTBP, which usually involve a bacterial infection, are usually severe.[2]
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The routinely recommended treatment is with corticosteroids, although corticosteroids suppress the immune system and can predispose the child towards infection. There is a debate over how many doses to give, but Cherry in the New England Journal of Medicine recommends one dose, and has observed that children with viral, bacterial and fungal complications have had multiple doses. Epinephrine produces a significant reduction in the croup severity score but the benefit only lasts for 2 hours. Children with moderate or severe croup, with blood oxygen saturation under 92%, should receive oxygen.[6]
A traditional treatment for croup was humidified air. Often a parent would sit with a child in the bathroom and turn on a hot shower to generate steam. Although this had the advantage of giving parents the feeling that they were doing something useful, randomized, controlled trials reported by the Cochrane Collaboration[citation needed] and others have found that humidified air is not effective.[7]
Since laryngotracheitis is a viral disease (most commonly parainfluenza virus 1) antibiotics have no value. Croup can be prevented by immunization for influenza and diphtheria. At one time, croup referred to a diphtherial disease, but with vaccination diphtheria is rare.[8]
Sounds nasty. Janet is off to the doctor today to check out what we suspect might be bronchitis. 'Tis the season, I suppose. We'll be praying for the health of baby Torah and, what I can only guess, rest for her parents!
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