About a year and a half ago, I noticed a wheezing in my throat when I would lay down at night. Cindy Gellner for The Scope.crackling in throat. Gellner: What is RSV and how can I protect my baby? That's today's topic. When I pull on my ear lobe, my ear crackles then the ringing get louder for second.Dr. My guess is stomach acid going into the lungs (which is what causes heartburn) can lead, in some people, to excess mucus production in the top part of the lungs which produces crackling sounds.Wheezing is a high-pitched whistling sound made while you breathe. Occasional crackling 'in the throat' when lying down had resumed accompanied by a low-grade wheeze and slight difficulty in breathing.
You are now entering "The Healthy Kids Zone" with Dr. She gave me Nasonex and that didn't help.Announcer: Keep your kids healthy and happy. Then about 9 months ago the wheezing turned to more of a crackle sound.
38 YOF, +Hx GERD symptoms, and recent cold virus. 13,424 satisfied customers. I have been draining good out of my nose but notice that I have been crackling on my exhale read more. I have had viral nasopharyngitis for 5 days. Abnormal heart sounds Crackles in your lungs, called rales.I have been. What Is RSV?Grunting, gurgling, or wheezing sounds with breathing Problems speaking in full sentences.
Including the nose, mouth, throat, larynx, bronchi, or smaller airways within the lungs.Symptoms of RSV are usually common cold symptoms: cough, runny nose. But for those under two years old, and especially preemie babies, this can be very severe.Noisy breathing may sound like wheezing, snoring, or squeaking. And, normally, for kids over the age of two and adults, it's just like a bad cold. RSV stands for respiratory syncytial virus. Gellner: So RSV is a common virus that usually affects the nose, throat, and lungs.
They're breathing so hard that you can actually see them sucking in air, and you can see indentations underneath their rib cage and in between their ribs, where they're really just trying to suck in as much air as possible.When your pediatrician listens to your baby's lungs, if they have RSV and bronchiolitis, it actually sounds like Rice Krispies in the lungs it's just all crackly. BronchiolitisSo in bronchiolitis, the virus attacks the small airways of the lungs, and it can cause cough, wheezing, fast breathing, and trouble breathing where they are doing what's called retractions. In kids under the age of two, especially premature babies, we worry about something called bronchiolitis. You can get some redness of the eyes, coughing, sore, scratchy throat.
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RSV TreatmentBecause RSV is a virus, and not a bacteria, antibiotics, unfortunately, will not help treat RSV. We can often take samples of mucus from the nose and test it for the virus to see if it is RSV and then we know how to be a little bit more aggressive with treating the viral illness your baby has, if it is positive. Days three through five of an RSV illness are the worst that's when they're the most symptomatic and again we can usually hear the crackles in the lungs.
If you have a family history of asthma or your child has had a history of wheezing in the past, before getting RSV, and we hear wheezes going along with those crackles, we might them a treatment of a breathing treatment called albuterol. RSV illnesses are usually lasting seven to 21 days, but again, it's worst in the first 3 to five days.So if there's no real good medicine to treat RSV, how do I help my child? Well, there are some cases when we do need to give some medicine. And oftentimes if they are hospitalized, they are sent home with oxygen, and then in the office we can help you wean your baby off of the oxygen.
You're going to need to use nasal saline before you suction out the mucus. Unfortunately sucking out the nose is going to be the best thing for them. If your child does well with them, with the albuterol, then we can sometimes get a breathing treatment machine sent home with you and the medication for you.The most important thing that's going to help your child is sucking out their nose, and we all know how much they love that.
But it really helps get the mucus out.And those prescriptions are usually good for seven days, and the clinics are open 24 hours a day. It's kind of like Roto Rooter for your baby's nose. So they will stick a tube way down in your baby's nose and really suction everything out. You can take your baby to the clinics and they are run by respiratory therapists and they are able to do deep suctioning. Sometimes, your physician will be able to give you a prescription to the respiratory outpatient clinic here in Salt Lake City.
Check it out at TheScopeRadio.com. And if you think your baby has RSV, please have them seen by your pediatrician within the first few days that they are ill so we can help you take care of them.Announcer: Have a question about a medical procedure? Want to learn more about a health condition? With over 2,000 interviews with our physicians and specialists, there’s a pretty good chance you’ll find what you want to know. It's a very expensive medication and only certain babies qualify through their insurance, but those babies who do qualify, we make sure that they get the medicine that they need.And you're going to need to keep saline and the bulb sucker and a cool mist humidifier handy to help get the mucus out of your baby's nose if they get RSV.
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