Croup lung sounds trial#
If your GP thinks your child could have asthma, they may suggest a trial of treatment with asthma preventer medicines or an inhaler to see if it helps, and further tests to help diagnose asthma or find out other causes.They can review your child’s medicines and triggers if they think your child’s coughing or wheezing is because of their asthma, and look at ways to get their symptoms under control.They'll be able to detect wheezing - as whistling sound in your child's chest - using a stethoscope as it can be hard to hear.Your child’s GP or asthma nurse will be able to tell you whether your child's cough is caused by their asthma flaring up or something else. Secondhand smoke increases your child’s risk of coughing and wheezing going on for longer, and getting infections like common coughs and colds, bronchiolitis and croup.Ĭigarette smoke also puts them more at risk of developing asthma, and having an asthma attack.įind out more about support available to help you quit. Cigarette smokeĭon’t smoke, or allow others to smoke, around your child. It is an allergic reaction to pollen, so you may notice your child coughs more during early spring and summer when the pollen count is higher. Hay fever can cause mucus to drip from the back of your child’s nose into their throat which can make them cough. It is very infectious, and your child may have a cough or be wheezing for some weeks following infection. They’ll also need to make more effort to breathe.īronchiolitis is more common in babies and young children. Bronchiolitisīronchiolitis is caused by a virus that makes the airways in the lungs swell and narrow – which is why your child will cough and wheeze. Your child may also wheeze.īabies and toddlers (under three) are more likely than older children to get respiratory infections like croup. CroupĬroup is a viral infection of the larynx (voice box) which causes a distinctive barking cough and a harsh, grating sound on breathing in (known as stridor). It should stop in two to three days once your child’s fought off the virus.īut if your child’s not sleeping well, they’re off their food and drink, or they seem irritable, call your child's GP and ask for a same-day appointment. GPs call this ‘viral wheeze.’Īs long as your child is not distressed or struggling for breath, this is usually nothing to worry about.
The most common reason why children wheeze is colds and viruses. But see your child’s GP if the cough goes on for longer, your child has long coughing bouts several times a day, or they vomit when they cough. Most coughs due to colds and viruses are not serious and clear up within about three weeks. This is because when your child has a cold, mucus can run down into their throat and coughing is a way to clear it. Their immune system is still developing and colds often bring coughs along with them. Children can have as many as eight colds in a year.
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