Acute epiglottitis requires hospitalization. Acute epiglottitis is a pharyngeal emergency, the main causative organism of acute epiglottitis is Haemophilus influenzae type b. The bacterium has a strong pathogenicity, which can lead to acute edema of the epiglottis laryngeal and tongue surfaces in a short period of time, and the epiglottis is obviously bulging. On examination, the epiglottis can be seen to be spherical, and the epiglottis mucosa is obviously congested and edematous, covering the vocal folds and the hypopharyngeal cavity. With the development of the disease, the patient will have obvious dyspnea and respiratory difficulties, which can lead to asphyxiation in severe cases. Therefore, the disease requires early and timely symptomatic anti-inflammatory treatment, so hospitalization is required for comprehensive treatment, and the commonly used antibiotics after hospitalization are third-generation cephalosporins, metronidazole and fluoroquinolone antibiotics. At the same time, continuous nebulized inhalation with budesonide suspension and intramuscular dexamethasone.