What causes cough and wheezing in child?
Patient: My 19 Mth old baby has been wheezy and out of sorts for about 5 days. I took her to the doctor who said she was working to breath, she put her on a nebuliser which seemed to help. That night she was coughing and wheezy again so I gave her prednesol for the next three days which seemed to help. Now that she has finished the prednesol it seems to be coming back slowly. I was told by the doctor she had a viral infection. Doctor: cough and wheezing in a child can be due a number of causes but most commonly it is due to acute bronchiolitis ( viral infection of respiratory tract) or bronchial asthma. in case of bronchial asthma it is recurrent where as in bronchiolitis it is not.