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Stridor

Trauma

• Larynx fracture
• Tracheobronchial tear/injury
• Thyroid gland injury/trauma
• Trachea injury
• Electromagnetic, Physics, trauma, Radiation Causes
• Burns, inhalation

Infectious Disorders

• Bacterial tracheitis
• Diphtheria
• Tetanus
• Tracheobronchial Tuberculosis
• Poliomyelitis, paralytic, bulbar
• Poliomyelitis, acute
• Fungal Laryngitis

Abscesses

• Retropharyngeal abscess
• Epiglottitis, acute
• Peritonsillar abscess
• Laryngotracheobronchitis, acute
• Retropharyngeal Abscess

Neoplastic Disorders

• Neoplasms/tumors

Allergic and Auto-Immune Disorders

• Croup, spasmodic/tracheobronchitis
• Angioedema/Angioneurotic edema

Metabolic, Storage Disorders

• Cerebral Gaucher's of infants (acute)
• Tracheobronchial amyloidosis

Biochemical Disorders

• Tetany

Congenital, Developmental Disorders

• Angioedema/Angioneurotic edema, hereditary

Psychiatric Disorders

• Somatization disorder

Anatomical or Mecanical

• Foreign Body Aspiration
• Acute gastric acid/aspiration syndrome
  • Airway obstruction
  • Neck compartment hemorrhage/hematoma

Vegetative, Autonomic, Endocrine Disorders

• Esophageal free reflux/GERD syndrome
• Laryngospasm, acute
  • Bilateral vocal cord paralysis
• Hypoparathyroidism

Poisoning

• • Smoke inhalation
  • Chemical burn/esophagus