An unvaccinated one-year-old baby was hospitalized in critical condition at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem last week, suffering from epiglottitis, a rare disease caused by Haemophilus ...

Acute epiglottitis in adults is characterised by rapid inflammation of the epiglottis and surrounding supraglottic tissues, posing a significant risk of airway obstruction. Presenting symptoms ...

A viral infection or bacterial infection, like strep throat, can cause tonsillitis. Most of the time, the condition resolves on its own. However, sometimes it can lead to complications that require ...

A dad-of-one died just 24 hours after a bungling doctor refused to send him to A&E – telling him he had tonsillitis. Michael Reynolds, 29, was told to rest after he initially went to his GP ...

A dad-of-one died just 24 hours after a bungling doctor refused to send him to ER – telling him he had tonsillitis. Michael Reynolds, 29, was told to rest after he initially went to his GP complaining ...

Dr. Klass is a professor of journalism and pediatrics at New York University. Pediatricians like me come to our job with the conviction that children should not die — that whatever might hurt or kill ...

A 4-year-old boy developed sore throat and fever over the course of a day. By evening his temperature was 40°C, and he had developed low pitched inspiratory stridor. On arrival at the emergency room ...

RECENT reviews of acute respiratory disease in childhood 1,2 have failed to emphasize the importance of epiglottitis. Unless physicians are cognizant of the clinical features of this rapidly ...

If you’re a parent or work in the field of childcare, you probably know that children are little germ factories. Illness can spread through a daycare or preschool like wildfire, no matter how many ...

If symptoms of laryngitis last for only a few days or occur immediately after you’ve been using your voice more than normal, then the main treatment is to rest your voice as much as possible. After a ...

AS a parent, it can be hard to know when you actually need to take your child to the doctor, and when you’re overreacting. Thankfully, an ex-paramedic has shared the warning signs of a serious ...