Wheezing in Children: Diagnosis and Management
❤ Wheezing in Children Diagnosis and Management A Comprehensive Overview by Age Group Introduction to Wheezing in Children Definition: Wheezing: Continuous coarse whistling sound produced by oscillation of narrowed or compressed respiratory airway. Inspiratory of expiratory/ High or low pitched. Mainly expiratory and polyphonic in nature(sometimes It's monophonic). Wheezy Child: A child whose wheezing persists more than one month and/or has had 3 or more wheezing attacks #Prevalence: Common in children and can be a symptom of various underlying conditions. Wheezing type in chilhood: *Transient wheezer: One episode or few episodes of wheezing. No further episodes beyond 6 years. *Non-atopic wheezer: Wheeze during viral infections and continue to have recurrent airway obstruction during early school years. (Viral) *Atopic(persistent)/IgE associated wheeze/asthma: Start to have symptoms later in...