Laryngomalacia is the leading cause of stridor in infants. Although it is generally mild, it can sometimes be severe. Some other symptoms that infants may experience include the sinking of the ...

Babies born with laryngomalacia—a type of birth defect— make a noisy sound when they breathe. In fact, this condition is the most common cause for your infant's noisy breathing.

Laryngomalacia is a condition that causes an obstruction in the larynx due to excessive floppy tissue. When a baby with laryngomalacia breathes in, the tissue in the upper voice box falls in, ...

Laryngomalacia is most noticeable when your child is about 6 months old. It may start as soon as a few days after birth. Stridor usually goes away by the time your child is 2 years old.

Laryngomalacia is a disease of newborn children. It usually presents in the 2nd week of life. It means the structure of the larynx (voice box), above the actual vocal cords (the supraglottis), is ...

Supraglottoplasty is a surgical procedure that removes excess tissue in the larynx, or voice box. It is the primary treatment for laryngomalacia, a condition that causes stridor, or noisy ...

Laryngomalacia is the most common cause of noisy breathing in infants. More than half of infants have noisy breathing during the first week of life, and most develop this by 2-4 weeks of age.

Laryngomalacia can sound alarming because of the noisy breathing but generally does not cause harm or put your baby at risk. Noisy breathing can sound worse when taking faster, ...

Laryngomalacia is a rare condition that can leave a baby struggling to breathe - or worse - not breathing at all. When Kyle Smith was born 19 months ago, his mom, Dakota, knew something was wrong ...

Background: Laryngomalacia is the most common cause of congenital stridor. It usually presents by high pitched inspiratory stridor which is often present at birth and is usually noticed by 2 weeks ...