03-24-2008, 01:49 PM
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| Partisan  Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Los Angeles Gender:  Posts: 9,987 Country:  Points: 31,380, Level: 100 | Level up: 0%, 0 Points needed |  |  Quote:
Originally Posted by highway80west 
What do you know about this "crud"?  | Do you mean CROUP:
The term croup does not refer to a single illness, but rather a group of conditions involving inflammation of the upper airway that leads to a cough that sounds like a bark, particularly when a child is crying.
Most croup is caused by viruses, but similar symptoms may occasionally be caused by bacteria or an allergic reaction. The viruses most commonly involved are parainfluenza virus (accounting for most cases), adenovirus, respiratory syncytial virus, influenza, and measles.
Most children with viral croup are between the ages of 3 months and 5 years old. Croup is most likely to occur during the winter months and early spring, and symptoms are most severe in children younger than 3 years of age. http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_viral/croup.html
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