Inspiratory stridor

[little_O]

I'm slightly stressing here. Dr Google hasn't helped.

Dd2 seems to stop breathing when she sleeps occasionally (but regularly). She had a massive coughing/choking fit last night and she's been regularly vomiting up excessive amounts of milk.

I saw my ob today (who was former paed as we'll) and he thinks it sounds like "inspiratory strider". He made a phone call and has me in to a paed tomorrow morning.

Anyone know about this? Google comes up with some scary causes. why can't we just wrap our babies up safe

[JLeigh29]

Oh Little O, how scary for you. No help here, but lots of hugs. I hope you get some answers and reassurance tomorrow.

[surprised]

Big hugs. Stop googling. Dr Google has a terrible bedside manner

Keep us posted

[OceanPrincess]

Isn't stridor to do with the ribs being visible on inspiration? As in the chest cavity sucks in so much you can see rib bones? Or am I on the wrong track..?

Hugs little O. Stressful when they are sick.

[JLeigh29]

What did the paed say?

[Mumma T]

Hope today went ok, and your little one is a ok?

[nickle730]

How did you go today, little_o?

Ocean Princess, stridor refers to a high pitched, whistling sound heard during respiration. Inspiratory stridor is heard… during inspiration! Breathing in, in other words. There are a lot of causes of stridor, it should always be investigated. An irregular respiratory rhythm, respiratory pauses, choking and coughing are not indicative of stridor (which is a sound), but I'm assuming there is more to little_o's DD's presentation than we know, and I'm sure her doctor has done the right thing by referring her to a paed for investigation.

[nickle730]

Back again, little_o, did the paed rule out pyloric stenosis? The coughing, choking and excessive vomiting are playing with my head! (not as much as they do with yours, obviously!) Is your DD thriving otherwise and steadily gaining weight?

[Sagres]

DD2 has a stridor which has been obvious since about 8 weeks (which is when they are often first noticed). I'm not sure how many things can cause a stridor but in our case it is caused by some floppy muscles in/around her larynx. It is the kind of thing which over time the muscles get stronger and they grow out of it, a bit like reflux babies get more mature stomach muscles and the reflux calms down and kids ear canals mature and ear infections stop occuring.
Hope your appointment went well.

[little_O]

Thanks everyone.

Looks like she is the same as sagres baby. He says she has floppy muscles and this will cause all the symptoms, even the apnea. Just have to make sure she isn't stopping breathing for more than a couple of seconds. He's told me to elevate her bed an also slightly raise her so she leans to her left as this helps keep the stomach valve above the food line and hopefully prevent reflux which is what he thinks is causing the choking.

So thank goodness it doesn't seem to be anything too major so far.

Like sagres said, it should remedy itself by 6 months.

Her weight gains and growth are awesome. 1kg and 7cm in 5 weeks, so I think that helped him diagnose it as nothing major.

It's just scary when you hear them stop breathing and choke

[JLeigh29]

So glad you got answers so quickly and that it's nothing to majorly worry about. I don't think it'll make it any easier to hear though...hugs.

Hope the reflux settles soon. We feed upright, which helps with the reflux too.

[Sagres]

Glad to hear that
If you need to see an ENT we saw an excellent private one and could pass on his name.