Croup is AWFUL. All of mine got that, the thing that worked the quickest was a steamer. We had one accident with it, the wallpaper peeled off the wall! Otherwise we found this worked much quicker than the prednisone, which is what the GP prescribed. Also it invariably happened at night when there was no pharmacy open!

Talking to our paediatrician, she said that our homes are very dry in winter (heating etc), particularly with croup it is important to replace the moisture as it reduces the inflammation. Steamers work better than putting the bath on all night and everyone gets to sleep. Result. Cheaper than doctors visits (apart from the redecorating costs )

Glad she's on the mend.

Here's one, but there are many others.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpag...51C1A964948260

I absolutely agree with you. We all know our own children and if there is any reason that you are worried get help. I'm not advocating shunning the medical profession, just taking a balanced approach.

Here's one, but there are many others.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpag...51C1A964948260

I absolutely agree with you. We all know our own children and if there is any reason that you are worried get help. I'm not advocating shunning the medical profession, just taking a balanced approach.

I have a steamer, and gave her the emergancy medicine, but nothing worked hence why i took her to the Doctors. I am dreading tonight that we will end up in the emergancy yet AGAIN

Oh no, that's awful. Hopefully the meds will work. There seems to be a very bad dose going around (heard about it from another forum). Recurrent very bad chest and high temp. Roll on the really cold weather to kill all the bugs, or at least frighten them into hibernation!
Fingers crossed for tonight.

Of course in type it isn't always easy to understand ones tone, but i still stand by my earlier judgment that your comment was rude. I dont know that the tears weren't of sadness... but i suspect they were not due to the fact that
As to that last statement:
who ever said that this forum wasnt about exchanging information and opinions. All i commented on was your rudeness. You can express yourself any way you choose, as can I. I felt that you were making fun of the majority of the people in this thread for be concerned on how to administer medication (which is why i groaned at you), you feel that using meds to lower fevers keep a child from full recovery, due to not being able to kill off the virus. At least no one disrespected you for your view. Perhaps it was all a misunderstanding and i read your post wrong. If that be the case, then by all means, please clarify. So far all i have to go on is a comment
"How do you know the tears weren't of sadness......." which i commented on above.

Btw, i agree that often times we do use medication too quickly. But i dont yet know how i feel about what you said, that a fever kills the virus.

Thanks she had a ok night, and the meds are working now she seems to be over the worst of it (but it can spring up anytime without warning). Sorry no please not roll on the cold weather because that makes her worse last year she was in hospital so much with croup because the air is so dry in the winter

Hope the wee one continues to improve Sutter.

I have three daughters and the middle one, due to a serious kidney condition, spent more time at the hospital than the staff of Holby City! She was regularily given supp's by the medics as they work more quickly, and when she was coming home we where given the choice of oral or rectal med's and went for oral, based on our (English) aversion to any nether region activity.

My take on the suppository/meds thing is this: I want any meds administerd (if needed) in an appropriate way by appropriately trained people, I don't want untrained people dosing my sproggs with anything.

I think that teachers have enough to cope with, so as far as sick kids go, all they should do is contact the parents and let them take them home.

I wasn't making light of what was said or being rude. You are just going to have to take my word on that.

So lets build a bridge.....

I think a line should be drawen under this now. It has been agreed that nobody wants someone unfamiliar or untrained prodding around their childs fundament. The efficacy of syrup versus suppositories was never part of the original thread.

This is a purely cultural issue. I was told by a friend whose husband is a doctor trained in the UK that he found the Swiss habit of prescribing suppositories to children extremely strange and would never think about doing it himself because to him it would almost constitute physical abuse. So obviously there is an 'Anglo-Saxon attitude' about it.

As to Swiss pre-school, I remember signing a sheet at the beginning of the year in which I agreed that paracetamol could be administered to my children by teachers in case they developed fever. I am sure that if you refused to sign this no one would dare get anywhere near your chid's bum.

I was personally very squeamish about it, but then my son got really ill with high fever and vomiting and there was no other way, so I ended up being grateful that suppositories existed. By the way, our doctor's recommendation is not to administer any fever-reducing medication unless the fever exceeds 38.5 degrees.

As to the alleged link with asthma, hardly any child today escapes paracetamol during their first year of life, which makes me wonder how they managed to draw that particular conclusion and on the basis of what sample.

Ok you all know i was at the Doctors with my daughter, and i got loads of medicine, well ealier she was not feeling very well complaing that she felt sick, and headace, and had a fever so i got the the Acetalagin suppositorien, and was shocked at how big it was when my daughter saw it she started to cry so there was no way i was going to put that up her bottom, anyway i don`t want this to sound wrong, but i have a full pack (minus 1 that is now in the bin) of 500mg (for over 6 years of age) of these so if anyone wants them (who uses them) then you can have them for free.

That's the generic one, isn't it? I've bought those before and they seem very hard too. I went back to the "original brand", Panadol, a little more expensive, but they really are much better.

Regarding the paracetamol/asthma link, remember what happened about the whole MMR vaccine? Last I heard, the authors of the original paper were being taken to court.
Journalists rarely have any more training in medical matters than the general populace, so I wouldn't trust them...

Yes the Doctor gave them to me, i didn`t know they would be so hard In the end i gave her Dalfagan

Anyone want them i am going out soon so i can jump into the post office on my way to clear out my locker at the pool last day then they close, and will throw all my things away so i am forced to go out (sorry do not want to go off topic)