Hmm.. Ds hasn't been quite that bad. When he got a cold tho (although not so much this past season) he would cough a lot and at night it would have quite a bark. That was my signal to check him, and he would have a wheeze and an obvious tracheal tug. Usually we could relieve it with ventolin (4-6 puffs) about 1/2-1hr apart? If it wasn't relieving it to my liking we would use predmix which was almost instant relief for him and see dr next day. He wasn't sick enough for it to be labeled croup most times and dr described him as a happy wheezer cos it didn't seem to distress him much even tho he could have a lingering wheeze.
It seemed seasonal as well as when he got a cold and we were going to look into allergies (he has very mild eczema too periodically) but because he seemed to be growing out of it we didn't follow up. But just recently we've connected things like watermelon to triggering this cough in him so we might look into allergies after all. But these days his wheeze/barking cough is fairly mild and quite spaced apart and he just uses ventolin to relieve it and then he's fine.
He didn't have any of this before age 3 and only history of asthma is dh's bro having it as a kid. Maybe cos of his age they went straight to asthma over croup?
i will definately seek a second opinion. DS seems to go to bed normal, and wake up in the morning with a barky cough. after day 2-3 then the runny nose starts and the cold symptoms come on. where as, the research i have been doing about croup, they have cold symptoms to start with. he normally never has a fever either with the barky cough. in winter we noticed too that he coughs a lot when the cold night air comes in and first thing in the morning.
i guess i will ask around about a much better gp. thank you so much
Teresa, that does sound like croup to me, even though there is something called viral induced asthma. DS sometimes gets croup first before other noticeable symptoms: I put this down to him having a sore (inflamed) throat before other symptoms start. As croup basically is the inflammation of the voicebox/upper airways it seems to be caused by inflammation in the throat. But as one of the previous posters mentioned, treatment for both conditions is basicly the same.
Teresa, that does sound like croup to me, even though there is something called viral induced asthma. DS sometimes gets croup first before other noticeable symptoms: I put this down to him having a sore (inflamed) throat before other symptoms start. As croup basically is the inflammation of the voicebox/upper airways it seems to be caused by inflammation in the throat.
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