Symptoms are usually self limiting and patients recover within two weeks (1)
Mucous stasis may cause episodic coughing and throat clearing behaviours.
Patients often complain of dysphonia and/or dysphagia.
Fever and systemic symptoms may be seen in both bacterial and viral infections
Patients with supraglottitis and epiglottitis associated with H. influenza presents with rapidly progressing odynophagia, dysphagia, hoarseness, drooling, and stridor. These patients are at high risk of impending airway compromise and require emergency assessment and airway management (2).
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