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===Common Symptoms=== | ===Common Symptoms=== | ||
Common symptoms of tracheitis include: <ref name="pmid29763253">{{cite journal| author=Smith DK, McDermott AJ, Sullivan JF| title=Croup: Diagnosis and Management. | journal=Am Fam Physician | year= 2018 | volume= 97 | issue= 9 | pages= 575-580 | pmid=29763253 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=29763253 }} </ref> | Common symptoms of tracheitis include: <ref name="pmid29763253">{{cite journal| author=Smith DK, McDermott AJ, Sullivan JF| title=Croup: Diagnosis and Management. | journal=Am Fam Physician | year= 2018 | volume= 97 | issue= 9 | pages= 575-580 | pmid=29763253 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=29763253 }} </ref> <ref name="pmid30348058">{{cite journal| author=Casazza G, Graham ME, Nelson D, Chaulk D, Sandweiss D, Meier J| title=Pediatric Bacterial Tracheitis-A Variable Entity: Case Series with Literature Review. | journal=Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg | year= 2019 | volume= 160 | issue= 3 | pages= 546-549 | pmid=30348058 | doi=10.1177/0194599818808774 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=30348058 }} </ref> | ||
* *Crowing sound when the child inhales (inspiratory stridor) | * *Crowing sound when the child inhales (inspiratory stridor) | ||
*'Scratchy' feeling in the throat | *'Scratchy' feeling in the throat | ||
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*[[Fever]] | *[[Fever]] | ||
*Intercostal retractions (the muscles between the ribs pull in as the child attempts to breathe) | *Intercostal retractions (the muscles between the ribs pull in as the child attempts to breathe) | ||
*Drooling | |||
===Less Common Symptoms=== | ===Less Common Symptoms=== |
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Overview
A positive history of a prior viral infection and followed by stridor and dyspnea is suggestive of tracheitis. [1]
History and Symptoms
History
Patients with tracheitis may have a positive history of: [2]
- Increasing deep or barking croup cough following a previous upper respiratory infection
Common Symptoms
Common symptoms of tracheitis include: [3] [4]
- *Crowing sound when the child inhales (inspiratory stridor)
- 'Scratchy' feeling in the throat
- Hoarseness
- Shortness of breath
- Mild dysphagia
- Fever
- Intercostal retractions (the muscles between the ribs pull in as the child attempts to breathe)
- Drooling
Less Common Symptoms
Less common symptoms of tracheitis include:
- Respiratory distress in less than 24 hours of a viral infection
References
- ↑ Wenzel, Richard P. (2012). "Acute Bronchitis and Tracheitis": 586–587. doi:10.1016/B978-1-4377-1604-7.00096-8.
- ↑ "StatPearls". 2021. PMID 29262085.
- ↑ Smith DK, McDermott AJ, Sullivan JF (2018). "Croup: Diagnosis and Management". Am Fam Physician. 97 (9): 575–580. PMID 29763253.
- ↑ Casazza G, Graham ME, Nelson D, Chaulk D, Sandweiss D, Meier J (2019). "Pediatric Bacterial Tracheitis-A Variable Entity: Case Series with Literature Review". Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 160 (3): 546–549. doi:10.1177/0194599818808774. PMID 30348058.