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amother
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Sat, Dec 26 2020, 7:44 pm
amother [ Royalblue ] wrote: | Oral steroids is very old school. Nowadays most MDs will give you steroids to be used in the nebulizer. |
Not old school, I still get oral for DD. Helps better than nebulizer but it's makes her so shoo shoo and hyper.
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HeartyAppetite
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Sat, Dec 26 2020, 8:51 pm
I just got decodrine an oral steroid for my baby. I also found the cold air from the freezer really helped.
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amother
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Sat, Dec 26 2020, 9:37 pm
amother [ Royalblue ] wrote: | Oral steroids is very old school. Nowadays most MDs will give you steroids to be used in the nebulizer. |
Sorry, that's actually not true.
I work in a busy pediatric practice.
The inflammation caused by croup is in the upper airway, not in the lungs. Inhaled steroids won't help much. The way to go is oral steroids (or a shot of steroids if necessary in the beginning), and it still in the mainstay treatment for croup when the natural treatments (hot steam from shower, cold air) don't work.
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amother
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Mon, May 31 2021, 7:58 pm
amother [ Scarlet ] wrote: | Sorry, that's actually not true.
I work in a busy pediatric practice.
The inflammation caused by croup is in the upper airway, not in the lungs. Inhaled steroids won't help much. The way to go is oral steroids (or a shot of steroids if necessary in the beginning), and it still in the mainstay treatment for croup when the natural treatments (hot steam from shower, cold air) don't work. |
What happens when the oral steroids don't work?
We're finished the bottle that the dr said to give "as needed" and lo is still not any better
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amother
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Mon, May 31 2021, 10:19 pm
Sounds like you should call the doctor’s answering service!
Do you have a pulse ox to check her o2 sat?
My lo had croup last week and it was no fun!
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