Having a cold can make asthma symptoms worse and harder to control. Viral infections like the common cold can trigger asthma ...

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 ...

Adventitious breath sounds are abnormal sounds resulting from unusual airflow through the lungs. They can be due to conditions, such as asthma or bronchitis. Anything that changes the normal airflow ...

Asthma is an upper respiratory illness of the lungs that can cause difficulty breathing. Having lived through numerous ER visits in the middle of the night with my two boys when they were younger, I ...

Vesicular breath sounds are a type of breath sound. They are often soft, low-pitched sounds. Having vesicular breath sounds is normal, but changes in those sounds can be a sign of a lung condition. As ...

Bronchial breath sounds are different noises your doctor can hear when listening to your breathing. Atypical sounds can indicate an underlying condition. Bronchial breath sounds, or lung sounds, are ...

If you are wheezing, coughing, or having extreme shortness of breath, you may be having an asthma attack.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Food insecurities and food assistance programs were linked to higher odds for wheezing with exercise. Asthma, ...

Doctors urge parents to watch for rapid breathing, chest retractions, cyanosis, and feeding issues in babies for early ...

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 ...

Mauli Desai, MD, Allergist & Immunologist, and David Rosenstreich, MD, Professor of Allergy & Immunology, Microbiology & Immunology, and Otorhinolaryngology, for Montefiore Einstein Anyone who’s ever ...