When will my son outgrow croup?

my son is now 8 and has just had another bought it seemed mild enough just for two treatments of predinosone but alas i have to take him to the doctor today to get some more i think because he also has the flu it isnt helping things

I am assuming your physician has diagnosed your son with croup and has given you information on how to treat it.

My child's pediatrician has told me that by age 5 most children no longer are susceptible to croup. At least one of the articles below supports this statement.

Some good articles about croup are

http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/a...
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/croup/D...
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/...

My daughter had two ER visits for a child for croup. It's a frightening condition but fortunately relatively easy to treat and soon outgrown.

Usually after age 3 croup becomes rare but sometimes it is seen even upto age 6. Mostly the disease occurs in winter and early spring, so the child should be protected from cold.

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