• Why is my daughter getting bronchitis so frequently?

Every time my daughter has been sick this season, it always turns into bronchitis. It either starts from a cold, or something similar to that, and then by the time we take her to the doctor she's diagnosed with bronchitis. I thought bronchitis was an adult's disease. Why does she keep getting it?

2 Answers

  • Pulmonologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Pulmonology
  • Sacramento, CA

She might have asthma.

  • Pediatrician
  • Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Bronchitis is an infection of the larger tubes or bronchi. Sometimes, this can be mild asthma that only occurs when your child has a cold. Has she coughed until vomiting or had wheezing? If this is happening, she may need a daily controller of the cough. Make sure no one is smoking around her and no candles or other respiratory irritants are being used.

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