Croup
Spasmodic non-temperature cereal.
The cereal of is called various kinds of laryngitis( inflammation of the mucous membrane of the throat) in children. Usually there is a hoarse barking cough and difficulty breathing.
The most common and easy type of cereal - spasmodic non-temperature cereal - begins unexpectedly in the evening. The child was perfectly well during the day, or had an easy cold without a cough. Suddenly, he begins a violent attack of cough, and he coughs hoarsely and breathes with difficulty. He has to make desperate efforts and strain to breathe. When you see this for the first time, the picture is frightening, but in fact the situation is not as serious as it seems. In any case, you should immediately call your doctor.
Urgent help with croup, if the doctor can not be called, - humidification of the air. It is better to do this in a small room, because it is filled with steam faster. If you have hot water, take the child to the bathroom and fill the tub with hot water( not to bathe the baby, but to steam).If there is a shower, this is best. If there is no hot water, steam with an electric humidifier or boil water in a saucepan. Until the room is filled with steam, keep the baby closer to the boiling water. If you do not have any hot water, no humidifier, no hot plates, take the child to the kitchen and keep it next to you while boiling water on the stove. Cover the baby with an umbrella over a saucepan with boiling water, this will hold most of the steam.
When a child breathes wet air, the croup usually quickly weakens. In the meantime, moisten the air in the room where the child is to sleep. While there are symptoms of groats, one of the adults should not sleep, and after the attack passes, sleep three nights in the child's room and several times stand up and check if it is breathing normally.
Sometimes spasmodic non-temperature cereal is returned the next evening or two days later. To avoid this, the child must sleep three nights in a room with humid air. This form of croup is usually caused by a combination of colds, hypersensitivity to the pharynx and dry air.
Severe form of croup with temperature( laryngo- bronchitis).This more severe form of croup is usually accompanied by a severe cold. Croupous cough and shortness of breath can begin gradually or suddenly at any time of the day or night. Humidification of the air brings only partial relief. If the child has a hoarse voice, fever is increased and breathing is difficult, he should be placed immediately under constant medical supervision. If you can not immediately contact your doctor, find another one. If the doctor can not come to you, take the child to the hospital.
Diphtheria of the larynx is another cause of croup. Gradually the voice becomes hoarse, the child is more difficult to breathe, the temperature is elevated, but not very high. If a child is vaccinated against diphtheria, there is almost no danger that he will get sick with this form of croup.
However, with any form of croup the child should be immediately shown to the doctor. The longer rattles and difficulty breathing continue, even if not in very severe form, and at a temperature above 38 degrees, the faster you need to get medical help.