A grandmother and two teenagers survived an apparent murder-suicide that left a husband and wife dead inside a home in Aldie, Va., the Loundoun County Sheriff's Office said.
6 doctors agreed: Croup: Croup is usually self-limiting, lasting 5-7 days, but as with any other respiratory infections, cough is usually the last symptom to go away. Postinfectious cough can last up to several weeks, and it can trigger brochospasm especially if the child has asthma.
âCoughs last for longer than we think they do,â says researcher Mark H. Ebell, MD, a family doctor at the University of Georgia in Athens. âPeople think it should be over in a little over a week, but the reality is that a cough is more likely to last two weeks.â In the study, researchers asked 500 adults from Georgia how long a cough should last in different situations, such as with a fever or without. They compared these answers to those found in the medical literature.