All that wheezes is not pediatric asthma Many upper- and lower-airway problems can cause wheeze and cough, and some conditions coexist with asthma. Here's how to pin down a diagnosis. Asthma causes ...

Asthma is a condition where the airways become inflamed, narrow, and produce extra mucus. (Picture Credit: Pexels) A wheeze is a whistling or rattling sound when someone breathes. It occurs when the ...

Wheezing is a high-pitched whistling sound your breath makes as it passes through a narrowed airway. Lung diseases like asthma are the most common cause of wheezing, as these conditions can make the ...

Day care, children Early child care attendance increased the risk for wheeze in children ≤2 years of age but decreased the risk for asthma in children 3 to 5 years of age. Early child care attendance ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A model with knowledge of wheeze when resting and simple patient traits predicted odds for small airways ...

Why do we differentiate between virus-induced wheezing and asthma? Infants and toddlers with the former have recurrent episodes of wheezing and cough that can be prolonged and persistent, the trigger ...

Infants who experience viral respiratory illnesses with wheezing are known to be at increased risk for developing asthma later during childhood. It is not known, however, whether every type of ...

Some 28 million Americans suffer from asthma attacks. Now, researchers have developed a new method that they say could ...

Ozone exposure in the first years of life correlated with a higher likelihood of asthma and wheeze at age 4 to 6. Ozone represents the criteria air pollutant most commonly exceeded among U.S. children ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Children of mothers who had high-dose prenatal vitamin D and who had sufficient vitamin D at age 12 months had ...

—UK investigators demonstrated that dog ownership during the first year of life attenuates asthma risk via the 17q12-21 gene locus. Share on Facebook. Opens in a new tab or window Share on X. Opens in ...

Women with eating disorders have a higher risk of having children who suffer from asthma and wheezing Eating disorders are linked to a 26% increased risk of school-age asthma The link is consistent ...