Looking in my book it is more common in younger children. Could it be anything else?
He has had a sore throat for a couple of days and we were up at 2.30 with him this morning. Me being panicky mum rang NHS Direct as his cough sounded awful and he said it hurt to breathe. We gave him some ice cream to soothe his throat (which is wrong apparently) and put the vapouriser on.
He is up watching tv and can talk but the cough sounds so painful.