If you take multiple medications, consult the Drug Checker to be sure they're not interacting with each other. This assessment will get you started toward a healthier lifestyle. Stridor is a harsh, raspy sound heard with breathing in. Loud or continuous stridor means severe croup.
All stridor needs to be treated with warm mist.
If that fails, inhale cool air from breathing near an open refrigerator or taking outside for a few minutes. If the air is dry, run a humidifier in the bedroom. These are less helpful than warm mist. After age 1, use corn syrup 2 to 5 ml whenever needed as a homemade cough medicine. It can thin the secretions and loosen the cough.