| When children are affected with croup,
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| | small room, adding a few drops of
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| they lose their usual cheerfulness and
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| | eucalyptus or menthol oil. This will
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| become irritated. There is a high pitched
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| | moisten the air and help the child to
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| cracking noise with the intake of each
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| | breathe more easily. In case of a older
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| breath. Some of them develop barking
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| | child, fill a kettle with sprout, half
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| cough. They complain of a slight obtuse
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| | full of hot water, adding a little oil of
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| pain in the wind- pipe somewhat below its
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| | eucalyptus. The child should be made to
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| orifice. Slight swelling is formed on the
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| | inhalr steam ensuing from this water.
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| outer side of the throat opposite the
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| | This simple remedy helps to open the
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| same place. It aches a little when
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| | wind-pipes and relieve the congestion.
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| pressed with a finger. The face seems red
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| | If the above treatment is faithfully
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| and looks puffed up. There is fever with
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| | carried out, the fever will run its
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| hard and very quick pulse. The breathing
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| | course without any trouble and
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| becomes difficult, frequent and shorter.
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| | complication or serious after- effects.
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| Some children are obliged to remain in
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| | The child can then be placed on an all
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| bed, while others feel better at times
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| | fruit diet for few days. He may eat fresh
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| and are able to walk about. Their voice
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| | juicy fruits like apple, mango,
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| becomes hoarse and sharp.
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| | pineapple, papaya, grapes, pear, peach,
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| The use of antitoxin for the treatment of
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| | and melon during this period. Thereafter
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| this disaese may apparently prove
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| | he may be allowed to gradually adopt a
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| successful, but it is harmful in the long
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| | well-balanced diet, according to his age.
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| run. The disease can be prevented by
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| | The emphasis should be on whole grain
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| following a proper diet and avoidance of
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| | cereals, raw or lightly-cooked vegetables
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| indigestion and constipation.
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| | or fresh fruits.
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| The real treatment for this disease, as
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| | An excellent home remedy for croup is the
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| with all other fevers, is avoidance of
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| | use of garlic. Chewing a clove of garlic
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| solid foods for first few days of the
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| | dissolves the membranes, reduces
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| treatment. The child-patient should be
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| | temperature and relieves the patient.
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| given only orange juice and water in
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| | About 15 gms. of garlic can be used in
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| small quantities so long as the fever
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| | this way after every three or four hours
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| lasts.
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| | for a week. After the membrane disappears
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| The child with croup should be kept in
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| | , the same quantity of garlic should be
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| bed and isolated from others. Cold-packs
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| | chewed daily. The croup patient has no
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| applied, after every two hours, to the
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| | sense of taste or smell and merely finds
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| throat will be effective.
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| | the garlic hot.
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| If the child's breathing becomes
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| | Onion is another effective home remedy
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| difficult and he seems to be struggling
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| | for croup. Onions should be roasted on
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| to get his breath, immediate action
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| | hot ashes and juice extracted from them.
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| should be taken to provide warm, moist,
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| | This juice should be taken by the patient
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| air to restore the normal himidity of the
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| | in doses of half a teaspoon mixed with
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| room. This can be done by boiling a pan
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| | equal quantity of honey three times
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| of water on a stove in a corner of a
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| | daily.
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