Epiglottitis: Symptoms, Causes & Treatment - Cleveland Clinic
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OverviewSymptoms and CausesDiagnosis and TestsManagement and TreatmentPreventionOutlook / PrognosisLiving WithWhat are typical signs and symptoms of epiglottitis?Epiglottitis symptoms usually appear suddenly and get worse quickly. Sometimes, in older children and adults, it may take a few days for symptoms to fully develop. The most common epiglottitis symptoms include:
Severe sore throat.
Difficulty and pain when swallowing (a main sy…What causes epiglottitis?In most cases, Haemophilus influenza type b (Hib) bacteria cause epiglottitis. This is sometimes called acute bacterial epiglottitis. Hib bacteria can also cause pneumonia and meningitis.
Other possible epiglottitis causes include:
Bacterial infections from non-Hib sources, such as those fro…See more on my.clevelandclinic.org
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