How to prevent croup?
Frequent hand washing and avoiding contact with others with respiratory infections are good ways to prevent colds and croup. mmediate attention to a noisy cough may be the best prevention for croup. Give your child extra fluids and expose him or her to warm, moist air to help soothe a noisy cough. reast-feeding provides some protection to infants against these common infections. This is probably through the transmission of maternal antibodies in the breast milk. Also, avoiding tobacco smoke may lessen the risk of infants and young children getting respiratory infections. hildren in day care or preschool have greater exposure to these viruses. There is no solid evidence that multiple or large doses of vitamins prevent respiratory virus infections.
