Croup is an acute infectious disease of throat and tracheobronchial mucosa. It typically affects boys under 5 years old. It is often a secondary bacterial infection after viral infection. The onset is acute and the condition is severe. Patients often have high fever, difficulty breathing, hoarseness, barking cough and laryngeal stridor. Systemic poisoning symptoms are obvious. Patients have pale face, lip cyanosis (lip blue discoloration), rapid and weak pulses, listlessness, restlessness and even coma. If untreated in time, it can cause serious consequences. During the early stage, broad-spectrum antibiotics should be used, supplemented by hormone. If there is difficulty breathing, the trachea should be cut open and oxygen tube should plugged in to supply oxygen. Other treatment includes symptomatic treatment and rehydration.
How is Croup treated in practice?