How common is wheezing in babies with coughs?

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Just asking because my ds, who is almost 6 ms, caught a cold 9 days ago and since then has had - on and off - a really loud wheeze. I'm concerned because I remember having this constantly as a child, and it turned into chronic asthma.

Going to GP tomorrow, for what it's worth.

It's really quite common.

Many small children and babies get viral wheeze. It doesn't always lead to asthma.

Very common, which is why most gps do not diagnose children with "asthma" before the age of 2, most just grow out of it by that age. Treatment is usually similar to that of asthma sufferers though, preventative inhaler (becotide or whatever) and the blue one, slbutamol.

The good old traditional methods work as well i.e breathing hot steam, or a hot towel (on babies chest) worked wonders for mine.

Good luck

As others have said it's very common for little ones to get a viral wheeze. Worth getting checked at the gp just to be safe but I wouldn't worry about asthma at this point

Thanks very much everyone who replied. GP listened to ds's chest and couldn't hear a thing! Ds wheezing again an hour later. Typical!

Still, at least she thinks nothing to worry about. :)