bronchiolitis sequelae

Severe bronchiolitis requiring hospitalization are often followed by more or less serious consequences.

- Episodes of cough with wheezing (wheezing) are common after bronchiolitis

- In subjects predisposed atopic family plot (see ATOPY) or asthma (see Asthma) some infants may develop a true asthma

- Some infants develop immediately after the acute infection, subacute and chronic, difficulty in breathing, coughing, bronchial congestion, episodes of wheezing (wheezing) and chronic respiratory failure.

- The effects are often present within up to ten years in these infants with bronchiolitis was severe and required hospitalization.

- For against these effects are very rare in bronchiolitis were treated at home.

- To conclude, it should be noted that the administration of corticosteroids (see corticosteroids) inhalation can prevent these consequences if it is early enough and lasts long enough after the initial episode of the disease.

The annual incidence of bronchiolitis is estimated at 250 per 1,000 children under one year.

It is most often benign. Hospitalization is required only 5% of these children. However, currently severe forms appear constantly increasing.