Symptoms of laryngitis in one year old baby

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My child is still young and sleeps with me at night. At night, I found that the child sleeps with his mouth open, his voice is hoarse, and he has a bit of dyspnea. So the next day, I took the child to the hospital for examination. Later, the doctor's careful examination said that it was laryngeal edema. Today, let me learn from you about the symptoms of laryngitis in your baby's first year.

Symptoms of laryngitis in one year old baby

First, acute laryngitis in children is the abbreviation of acute laryngitis, trachea and bronchitis, which is called "lock throat wind, acute laryngitis" in traditional Chinese medicine. It is a common acute and severe disease in infants and young children when the temperature suddenly changes or is cold. It is characterized by hoarseness, cough such as dog barking, with different degrees of inspiratory wheezing, and aggravation at night; It is easy to be complicated with laryngeal obstruction, pneumonia, heart failure, and even life-threatening in severe cases.

Second: 6 months to 3 years old is the age of acute laryngitis in children, mostly in winter and spring. In this season, the weather is cold and dry, and children's resistance is poor, the weather changes, cold easily cause acute laryngitis. The larynx cavity of infants is narrow, the oropharynx mucous membrane is loose, and the larynx mucous membrane is swollen after infection, which is easy to cause glottic obstruction; In addition, the infant cough reflex is weak, when there is secretion or sputum accumulation in the throat and trachea, it is not easy to cough up, thus blocking the respiratory tract, making breathing more difficult. Moreover, children are easily emotional, especially when they are sick, they cry incessantly. After being stimulated, they often have laryngospasm, which leads to extremely poor breathing.

Third: children with acute laryngitis initially manifested as cold symptoms, such as fever, cough, runny nose, etc., 1 to 3 days later began to cough more frequently, cough hoarse, such as barking like a dog, serious when appear complexion cyanosis, lips cyanosis, irritability, dyspnea and other symptoms, often occur at night.

matters needing attention

1. Usually strengthen outdoor activities, see more sunshine, enhance physical fitness, improve disease resistance. 2. Pay attention to climate change, increase or decrease clothes in time to avoid cold and heat. 3. During the period of influenza, try to avoid going out to prevent infection. 4. Life should be regular, diet should be regular, daily life should be regular, sleep at night and get up early to avoid catching cold. When sleeping, avoid blowing convection wind. 5. Keep oral hygiene and develop the habit of brushing teeth and gargling after breakfast and before going to bed. 6. Appropriate to eat pears, raw radish, plum and other fruits, dried fruit, in order to enhance the role of throat maintenance.