Bronchitis on baby & child
The Symptoms
Your toddler may first have cold symptoms, like a sore throat, fatigue, a runny nose, chills, aches, and a slight fever (100 to 101 degrees F). He'll develop a cough, which often starts out dry and unproductive but winds up producing greenish or yellowish mucus. He may gag or vomit while coughing.
Your toddler's chest may hurt, he may feel short of breath, and he may wheeze. If the bronchitis is severe, his fever may climb for a few days, and his cough may linger for several weeks as the bronchi heal.
Some people — almost always adults who smoke or children who live with smokers — suffer from bronchitis symptoms for months at a time. This is called chronic bronchitis (as opposed to infectious or acute bronchitis), and it's one excellent reason to keep cigarettes out of your house.
Bronchitis
Bronchitis is an infection or inflammation of the large air passages to the lungs. (These airways are called bronchi.) When your toddler has a cold, sore throat, flu, or sinus infection, the virus that caused the misery can spread to the bronchi. Once the germs take hold there, the airways become swollen, inflamed, and partly blocked with mucus. While bacterial infections and irritants such as cigarette smoke, fumes, and dust can trigger bronchitis, viruses are the most common culprits in children.
The SymptomsYour toddler may first have cold symptoms, like a sore throat, fatigue, a runny nose, chills, aches, and a slight fever (100 to 101 degrees F). He'll develop a cough, which often starts out dry and unproductive but winds up producing greenish or yellowish mucus. He may gag or vomit while coughing.
Your toddler's chest may hurt, he may feel short of breath, and he may wheeze. If the bronchitis is severe, his fever may climb for a few days, and his cough may linger for several weeks as the bronchi heal.
Some people — almost always adults who smoke or children who live with smokers — suffer from bronchitis symptoms for months at a time. This is called chronic bronchitis (as opposed to infectious or acute bronchitis), and it's one excellent reason to keep cigarettes out of your house.
Bronchitis
Bronchitis is an infection or inflammation of the large air passages to the lungs. (These airways are called bronchi.) When your toddler has a cold, sore throat, flu, or sinus infection, the virus that caused the misery can spread to the bronchi. Once the germs take hold there, the airways become swollen, inflamed, and partly blocked with mucus. While bacterial infections and irritants such as cigarette smoke, fumes, and dust can trigger bronchitis, viruses are the most common culprits in children.