croup

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In just 12 weeks, Elijah had developed tonsillitis, croup, respiratory syncytial virus, pneumonia, and an ear infection.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2024

It causes up to 10% of human respiratory infections, mainly in children and immunocompromised people, with symptoms ranging from mild coughs and sniffles to bronchitis and croup.

From Science Daily • Nov. 14, 2023

In November 2019, Toniann thought Lucy-Marie had croup until "this cough noise" disappeared.

From BBC • May 3, 2022

One study found that the rate of upper airway infections — such as a type of bronchitis known as croup — among hospitalized coronavirus-infected children nearly tripled during the Omicron era.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2022

The kind of day on which we draped our coats over our heads, left our galoshes in school, and came down with croup the following day.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison