Hi my three year old son is having recurrent laryngitis as told by my paediatrician ..wwe have given him oral steroids twice.it gets relieved for few days again to repeat...we are also giving him budecort 100 puffs bd and montair 4mg in night time ...still this problem...please help
Thanks for your question on Chat Doctor. I can understand your concern. Oral steroids are given in certain situations only. And severe laryngitis is one of the indication for this. But it should be given regularly for recurrent problem because it can cause many long-standing side effects. So better to avoid oral steroid and increase the dose of inhaled steroid. Inhaled steroids are not having systemic side effects and thus safe for long term use. Infection is the most common cause for recurrent laryngitis. So do annual Influenza vaccination to prevent this. Discuss all these with your treating doctor and plan accordingly. Better to avoid oral steroids frequently. Hope I have solved your query. Wishing good health to your son. Thanks.