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Symptoms

Increasing deep or barking croup cough following a previous upper respiratory infection
Crowing sound when the child inhales (inspiratory stridor)
'scratchy' feeling in the throat
Chest pain
Fever
Intercostal retractions (the muscles between the ribs pull in as the child attempts to breathe)