bronchiolitis - long term implications?

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DS2 on his second bout of bronchiolitis. This time it is RSV neg. so we are treating it at home after he had hospital treatment when he was 4 months (now 7 months). Have been looking around at old msgs and it seems a lot of kids have had this, more than once. I am trying to check to see if there is a link with asthma in later life?
I'm in Spain with reasonable but not great knowledge of Spanish so trying to do my homework on the 'net. DS2 also has atopy behind his ear which I think may be linked too.
As a condition there doesn't seem to be that well known.
Would like to hear experiences of fellow sufferers...

my ds had this when he was 3 months old, it was a post surgery complication and was in HDU for 5 days on oxygen. He is now 5.7 and has absolutely no after effects, it was suggested he have inhalers as preventative but we never used them. He is fine.

But you have to remember that each child is effected by things differently, he has had 6 other surgeries since then and his consultant always worries about it but he has never had it since.

I hope that sort of helps. Hopefully someone will be around soon to offer more constructive advice for you.

My ds had bronchiolitus when he was 9 weeks. He was hospitalised and oxygen dependant. Hes now 17 months and suffers with chest infections quite frequently which are treated at home with amoxycillin and salbutamol and atrovent inhalors but doesnt have asthema. It isn't uncommon for bronchiolitus to reoccur or for children to suffer from other repiratory problems iirc but as jo25 said each child is different.

oops, just reread post and obviously meant Affected not Effected

i hadnt even noticed lol as i knew what you ment

DT1 was in hospital twice in her first year with bronchiolitis and has never suffered with any chest related infection since. DT2 on the other hand did not have bronchiolitis, never in hospital, but now at 4 yo has asthma, so no, no automatic link in my experience!

DD had bronchiolitis at 8 weeks old and was hospitalised with drip and antibiotics etc. She is now a bubbly, healthy 2.3 year old and has not had any after-effects (although this doesn't stop me worrying every time she gets a cold with a cough!)

Bronchiolitis is a viral infection, very easily transmissable and common in under-1's between November and March.

Unless a baby has other underlying respiratory conditions, there should be no long lasting effects, even with repeated bouts.

My son had bronchiolitis as a one-year old and does now have asthma. He also had pneumonia.

His younger sister, who has rarely had a day off sick from school, also has asthma, though.

Go figure, as they say.

My DS was hospitalised for a week, oxygen dependent and fed by tube with bronchiolitis when he was 8 months. He's now 13 months and has had croup a couple of times and also has an inhaler.

My sister has chronic asthma though so I wouldn't be at all surprised if he does end up with asthma. AFAIK there is a link between bronchiolitis and asthma but it's by no means guaranteed.

my ds must have just been a pain then the tube was in and out within an hour or so he pulled it out. So was jut on a drip the fun they had trying to insert the canula took several nurses and a doctor may attempts then had to have me holding him and a nurse holding his arms so they could get it in.

Didn't they tape it to his face? Mine did try and pull his out a few times. He was so ill though for the first few days he didn't have the energy - just lay there

yes they did but he was only little and obviously didnt like it. I dont know if he did it purposely or just moved his arm and caught it with his hand. My ds was really ill too he kept goin blue and stopping breathing sat outside hospital the night after he was admitted crying my eyes out as i thought the worst.
It is really upsetting in the chair plastic cover and the tubes machines etc

Bearing in mind that bronchiolitis is very common and up to one in ten children have asthma then it seems the two co-existing is not unlikely either.

it's a really horrible thing isn't it? Weird that this thread has come along - I was thinking about when he was in hospital while I was doing the washing up earlier. I try not to think about it very often because it makes me cry. I thought he was going to die

dd2 had RSV +ve bronchiolitis at 4 weeks old, and was on CPAP for 5 days in HDU. Hers was complicated by a floppy larynx, which makes for a restricted airway - not great with any infections.

She's not had any clear cut linked conditions since (17 months now) but does struggle with colds and coughs more than other kids, and then some - think thats more the larynx issue than the bronch, though.

She does have inhalers now, which I use when she has a cough/cold (most of the time, as poor thing has a big sister at pre-school!) and has had two bouts of ABs for possible chest infections. Asthma is in DH's family, so I wouldn't necessarily blame it on the RSV if dd develops it.

Its a horrid illness, or can be, my sympathy to all whose LOs have it...I'll never forget that Xmas in HDU

My ds had bronchiolitis at 3 weeks then was hospitalised for 4 days at 9 months in July.

He has an inhaler but we only use it very occasionally when he (or dd !) has a wheezy cold. He does not have asthma despite BIL being really bad and is normally really healthy apart from glue ear

His consultant did say it may develop so it would appear there is a possible link but lots of variables

My DS1 had non RSV bronchiolitis at 4 months in the middle of summer, he was ventolated, sediated and then he had another episode a month later and was again hospitalised for 7 days.

He has suffered with transient eposodic wheeze since then, so much so that he had numerous tests for CF (had to keep repeating them due to grey area results and insuficient sweat), he also has had various medication trials.

He was discovered to have low specific antibobies this month and needs to have all his childhood imunisations again.

My ds had it at 14 months and I was told that it can make them prone to chest infection/asthmatic reactions to virus' etc for around two years and this is true of my ds. He isn't asthmatic no symptoms unless he gets a respitory virus/infection but things do go to his chest. He's 2.5 now and we were in hospital last week with him for a chest infection in his lower lung and he's on antibiotics.

My ds had it at 14 months and I was told that it can make them prone to chest infection/asthmatic reactions to virus' etc for around two years and this is true of my ds. He isn't asthmatic no symptoms unless he gets a respitory virus/infection but things do go to his chest. He's 2.5 now and we were in hospital last week with him for a chest infection in his lower lung and he's on antibiotics.

Should say he also got ill last september and needed hospitalising again for a night with respitory problems and was on ventalin and sabutinol.

v briefly (sorry) - dd had 2 bouts at under a year old. Nothing since that I could connect to bronchiolitis - asthma, weak chest etc.

My DD was admitted to hospital at a week old with bronchiolitis, she was very poorly and was in for 5 days on oxygen.
DD is now 2 and had no ill effects so has been really lucky alhtough she did have few small chest infections for first few months but didnt need meds!

I was told it was really common for dc to have repeated chest infections but reading this it seams that my ds is unlucky he had 1 just before and after christmas and some in the months preceding that and another since.

Dd2 had bronchiolitis at 3 weeks ( a week before her due date). She was a twin and her twin died at 24 hrs. She was extremely poorly (nearly died) and we were worried about long term effects of very low SATS. Ds also had bronchiolitis (much less severely) at 4 months. Dd2 is 12, ds 11 and both are incredibly fit, healthy and active. Only asthmatic is dd 1 who never had a chest infection at all! Dd2 being ill over her first Christmas after her twin had died was the worst time of my life. Life changes - you'd never believe how distant all that feels now. Children are tough!
Really hope your little one is OK and has as few side effects as my 2.

So sorry to hear about your DS2's twin. You must have had a very tough time back then.