CROUP

[britt1975]

My daughter has had croup 16 times since she was born.  She is 2 years old and 11 months and it began with the first croup attack at 6 months of age.  We have been to the ER 11 times and 7 times it resulted in an admission to the hospital.  Nobody can explain why she gets it so much.  She has never had any other illness or infection besides the croup.  Never even rotovirus, only croup.  A couple (2-3) times it has turned into pneumonia.  The pediatric ENT did a bronchoscopy on her and it was perfectly normal.  Now I have appointments with a pediatric pulmonologist and an immunologist.   She has had allergy testing and is no allergies to anything.  In the summers she is perfectly fine but from late August to even as late as May she has gets croup.  I have to be very picky of who she plays with because the littlest runny nose in a child will cause her to get croup.  I hate that she goes thru this.  ANY help or answers would be appreciated.

[AdrianaP]

We are in the same boat too. I just posted a question summarizing all of our things, but our 2 1/2 year old has had it 9 times, been hospitalized multiple times, the rigid bronchoscopy is OK, no acid reflux. We are going crazy too. Please let me know if the pediatric pulmonologist or the immunologist have helped. These are 2 roads I am looking to go down too.

[Connors_terrified_mom]

Hey my five year old is identical.  We have had an extensive work up with no answers.  Have you made any progress with a Diagnosis?  Lets keep in touch...