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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