Stridor, also known as noisy breathing, is a condition that causes you to make a high-pitched whistling noise when you breathe in or out. There are several causes for this condition, but the most common is a foreign object stuck in your airway. Contact your provider if you have noisy breathing because symptoms can be life-threatening.

Fever without cough, particularly if accompanied by toxic appearance, sore throat, difficulty swallowing, or respiratory distress, and without evidence of pharyngitis, suggests epiglottitis and, in young children, the less common retropharyngeal abscess. Drooling and the tripod position are suggestive of epiglottitis, whereas retropharyngeal ...

1999年11月15日 · Stridor is a sign of upper airway obstruction. In children, laryngomalacia is the most common cause of chronic stridor, while croup is the most common cause of...

2025年1月5日 · Stridor is a high-pitched sound you make when you breathe through a narrow or partly blocked airway. Air can’t flow through your lungs smoothly, so it’s harder to breathe. Stridor is usually...

2023年11月12日 · Stridor is an abnormal, high-pitched respiratory sound produced by irregular airflow in a narrowed airway. This condition indicates significant upper airway obstruction and is usually most prominent during the inspiration phase. Identifying the underlying disease process is crucial in managing stridor symptoms.

2022年7月5日 · When there’s a fever with stridor, it points to an infection as the most likely cause. Viral croup is the most common, but in rare cases there’s a more severe bacterial infection. Other common symptoms of infectious stridor include: Sore throat. Unwell feeling. Barky cough. Drooling. Lethargy. Noninfectious causes

2018年10月30日 · Stridor is a high-pitched squeaking or whistling sound, usually due to an obstruction in an airway. Stridor is a sign of an underlying health issue rather than a diagnosis or...

2025年3月8日 · Stridor, a high-pitched, harsh respiratory noise, results from turbulent airflow through a restricted air passage, commonly observed during inhalation. It is more prevalent in pediatric cases than in adults. Notably, stridor is not a standalone diagnosis; rather, it...

2020年12月30日 · Symptoms: sore throat, difficulty breathing, noisy breathing, drooling/inability to swallow saliva, dysphagia, voice change, fever; less commonly weight loss and cough. History: assess for foreign body ingestion, allergy history. Clinical examination: rapid A-E assessment with focus on airway.

Partial obstruction of the upper airway at the nasopharynx and/or oropharyngeal level produces sonorous sounds, called stertor. Obstruction above the true vocal cords is generally indicative of inspiratory stridor, whereas expiratory stridor is characterized …