Most croup cases are mild, with symptoms worse at night For Abby, 45, from Bedford, the sound of a “stridor”, the whistling sound that comes with the barking cough of a child with croup, is one she ...

Croup is caused predominantly by parainfluenza viruses, which are present in 65% of cases. The virus seeds in the nasopharynx, then spreads distally into the respiratory epithelium of the larynx and ...

UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics is seeing an increase in viral upper respiratory infections, a stomach bug, strep throat, COVID, RSV, a virus causing a high fever and rashes. WellSpan Pediatric ...

A new symptom of COVID-19 is showing up in kids under age 5 who have been infected with the omicron variant. Doctors say cases of croup are on the rise. "What we're seeing with omicron is the virus is ...

Our toddler coughed at 1 a.m., making such an odd, eerie sound that my husband and I bolted out of bed. When we reached the crib, our son was gasping for air, wheezing and crying. It was the barky, ...

This week UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics is seeing viral upper respiratory infections. WellSpan Pediatric Medicine Physicians across the Midstate are seeing insect bites and sunburn this week.

It sounds like barking in the middle of the night — the kind that alarms many parents — but it is most likely stridor. What ...

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 the night. Of course. For the uninitiated, according to Dr. Google, croup ...

This week, pediatricians at Penn State Health Children’s Hospital continue to see a lot of COVID cases and upper respiratory viruses. They are also seeing a lot of colds and some pneumonia. UPMC ...