What are the symptoms of acute laryngitis in children in the early stage?

What are the symptoms of acute laryngitis in children in the early stage? Because no matter what kind of disease it is, the symptoms are not obvious in the early stage of the disease, so it is also a relatively difficult stage to detect. The same is true for acute laryngitis in children. However, since the condition of acute laryngitis in children develops very quickly, it is very important to understand the early symptoms. So what are the symptoms of acute laryngitis in children in the early stage?

What are the symptoms of acute laryngitis in children?

Experts remind that children with acute laryngitis have obvious symptoms before the onset of the disease, in the early stage of the disease, and in the aggravating stage. As long as parents pay close attention to their children and try to send their children to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment in the early stage of the disease, they can achieve the effect of "early detection, early treatment, and early recovery."

1. Early stage of the disease. Some children have no premonitory symptoms. Some develop the disease in the middle of the night, with only bouts of coughing at first. Or inspiratory stridor and inspiratory dyspnea may occur after activities, with clear breath sounds on auscultation and normal heart rate.

2. Early stage of the disease. There are mild cold symptoms, which may not be accompanied by fever, or only a mild fever. Laryngeal gurgling and inspiratory dyspnea occur when the patient is at rest, with a "clang clang clang" sound or a barking sound, that is, a cough like a puppy, snoring in the throat, and phlegm that cannot be coughed up. Laryngeal conduction sounds or tubular breath sounds can be heard by auscultation, the heart rate is relatively fast, up to 120-140 beats/minute, and hoarseness begins to appear at the same time.

3. Middle stage of the disease. In addition to the initial symptoms, there are also paroxysmal irritability, cyanosis of the lips and nails, blue or pale areas around the mouth, weakened or inaudible breath sounds in both lungs, dull heart sounds, and a heart rate of 140 to 160 beats per minute.

4. The aggravation period. Generally, the condition is mild during the day and worsens at night. At night, laryngeal edema often occurs due to the rapid development of laryngeal inflammation, resulting in acute laryngeal obstruction. The child may wake up due to dyspnea, and the voice will become more hoarse. The nostrils will flare when breathing, and the "three-concave sign" will appear when inhaling, that is, the supraclavicular fossa, suprasternal fossa and upper abdomen will be sunken. The baby's lips will be cyanotic, the face will be pale, and accompanied by high fever, irritability, sweating, etc. If the condition worsens further, it will turn from irritability to semi-coma or coma, with temporary quietness, pale face, incontinence, suffocation, coma and other symptoms, and may even cause the child to die from suffocation. These changes often occur within a few hours and are quite dangerous. Parents must not take it lightly.