Pseudomembranous laryngitis in children?

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Children's acute laryngitis is a common disease in life. It often occurs in children under 5 years old. Many mothers easily confuse it with common cold and think it's better to take some cold medicine. In fact, children's acute laryngitis is more dangerous and serious than common cold. Let's take a look at the symptoms of children's pseudomembranous laryngitis? Let's talk about it.

Pseudomembranous laryngitis in children?

Before the onset of the disease, there can be no premonitory symptoms. Many children get sick in the middle of the night. At the beginning, they just cough in bursts, sound like broken bamboo, appear "empty" sound (or dog barking), snore in the throat, seem to have phlegm cough, and gradually appear dyspnea. At this time, the children are restless, lips are blue, and sweat is dripping. If the condition further aggravates, they will have incontinence, suffocation, vomiting, etc Coma and other symptoms.

If parents find that their children have cough, runny nose and other symptoms, and soon have a bamboo like cough, they should not think that it is just a cold. They should take their children to the hospital for examination and treatment, or they may have laryngeal spasm and laryngeal obstruction in a very short time. Acute laryngitis as long as timely detection and treatment, generally in a few hours can effectively control the disease, most in 1-2 days will be significantly improved.

Acute laryngitis has no history of foreign body inhalation, and can be differentiated from upper respiratory tract infection such as fever, runny nose and cough before onset. Laryngospasm is common in younger infants. When inhaled, there may be throat wheezing, sharp and fine tone, short onset time, sudden disappearance of symptoms, silent hiss, fever, etc.

matters needing attention

Try to make children have a quiet rest, reduce crying, so as not to aggravate the lack of oxygen. Be considerate and care for children, and act gently and kindly during nursing, so as to eliminate their fear. When restlessness occurs, sedative drugs should be used, but drugs that inhibit breathing should be avoided; Do a good job in oral care, all kinds of monitoring and treatment instruments should be disinfected on time, and the ward should be disinfected by ultraviolet once a day to reduce all the chances of infection.