Wheezing is a whistling sound caused by narrowed airways and is common in asthma. Asthma involves airway inflammation leading to breathlessness, chest tightness, cough, and wheeze.

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 ...

Asthma is one of the most common lung diseases in the world, affecting some 262 million people worldwide and causing more than 450,000 deaths annually, per the World Health Organization. While ...

Wheezing has many possible underlying explanations, but knowing when to seek help from a pulmonologist is important.

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Researchers found no evidence that initiation of inhaled corticosteroids or leukotriene receptor antagonist therapy is associated with fewer wheezing/asthma attacks than therapy with a short-acting ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Older children and girls were more likely to have dysfunctional breathing. Dysfunctional breathing was ...

Children with undiagnosed asthmatic symptoms account for much illness and hospitalisation. The aim of the study was to identify reasons for diagnostic delay in childhood asthma and to develop tools ...

Prepregnancy eating disorders (EDs) are associated with an increased risk for preschool wheezing and school-aged asthma in offspring.

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Children exposed to higher levels of air pollution are at an increased risk for developing asthma and persistent ...

Eating disorders in moms-to-be are linked to a heightened risk of asthma and wheezing in their children, irrespective of the ...