MC cause of intermittent stridor in a 10-day-old child sholy after bih is:: (A) Laryngomalacia, (B) Foreign body, (C) Vocal nodule, (D) Hyperophy of turbinate
Answer is A. Laryngomalacia is the most common cause of inspiratory stridor in neonates. The stridor in case of laryngomalacia is not constantly present, rather it is intermittent. So laryngomalacia is also the M/C cause of intermittent stridor in neonates.