Croupe

[evasjenson]

So basically my little boy has croupe he was rushed in hospital Thursday night with it he's had two lots of steroids and is breathing better than what he was but still not normal I know it can take 1-3 days for croupe to go I'm just wondering what everyone else's experiences are of croupe. Oh my little boy is 1 year. T.i.a

Aw it's so scary isn't it. We took DD (4m) to A&E with it last Saturday. She had a course of low dose steroids (3 doses 12hrs apart) and didn't have any recurrence of the croup cough, although she's had a normal cough and horrid cold that she's just getting through now. It didn't knock her too much as she's been full of beans apart from the first 2 days after. Hope your little boy is on the mend very soon.

With you saying your little girl was better after 2 days would you take him back for more steroids? He was breathing fine today then when I put him in bath his breathing went weird again but no where near as bad as it was. He's still got the cough not so much seal cough but more barking cough. I'm defo taking him doctors in morning though x

But now he's asleep he's breathing fine thankfully x

My son had it around the end of Nov last year at 9 months, it was so scary! Although his wasnt severe enough to warrant steriods. I asked the GP for them but he said unless its bad, they dont like to give steriods to babies under 1 year old. I thought his croup was bad as his cough sounded absolutely dreadful but his breathing appeared ok and he was in ok form otherwise. The cough lingered for almost 2 weeks though.
I gave him the odd dose of nurofen to help with any inflammation he may have had.

My nephew had it last year (11 months) which was mild enough but got it this year (2) so severe he was hospitalized