Asthma and croup

[Sirzy]

Does being asthmatic lead to an increased chance of regular croup attacks or is Ds just unlucky to have both?

I don't know Sirzy but my DD (2) has suspected asthma and has had 2 bouts of croup

I'm not sure to be honest, ds2 has asthma, he's just turned 3. He had a bad bout of croup 10 months ago, but touch wood none since. We did get a humidifier though, and it helps so much through the night when he has a cold and his chest gets bad. The doctors at the hospital recommended it when he had croup.

We have been reccomended not to get a humidifier as they can be bad for asthmatics.

Really? Our local doctors said we'd done the right thing at his last review. We're there again tomorrow for another, I'll ask again.

I think it's one of those things that works for some and makes things worse for others

Funnily enough I have just got back from a hospital visit with my dd who is 4 and has asthma I asked her consultant today about using a humidifier and he said its a def no no for asthmatics. She is currently on seretide, ventolin, and singulair. She has had croup once and that was in September it set her asthma off badly and ended with a 2am trip to A&E!

This is interesting, my dd used to get this occasionally but it was always very extreme and needed an a&e visit. She is now 11 and she hasn't had a croup attack for 2 years.

I finally worked out that the best thing to do was to keep regular readings of her lung capacity and when it starts to get low, to give her the preventer (brown inhaler) until it gets better.

Prevention is essential as my dd would never be able to use the inhaler once a croup attack had started. These attacks are very dangerous, even though they sometimes seem to be just a bad cough. And they always seem to happen at night.