Subglottic laryngitis, known as croup, was a disease recognized in the 19th and early 20th centuries and is still prevalent today, especially in nurseries and kindergartens. How can it be treated?

Croup is what happens when a child catches a virus which inflames his larynx or voicebox, causing spasms of coughing which sound like a dog or sea lion barking, a hoarse voice and sometimes ...

Parainfluenza virus is notorious for causing croup, and they have seen an expected increase in croup cases this week. Spring allergy symptoms of runny nose, itchy eyes, and dry cough are at high ...

Twelve years and seven kids ago, we had our first experience with croup. It came upon our then 17-month-old in the middle of ...