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...

It has been suggested to me here in south- west Spain that because the houses do not have central heating (or very rarely at least) that can contribute to the problem - it does get pretty cold and damp here. BUT, you guys in the UK all need humidifiers. Perhaps it really just is a lottery and anyone is liable to get it.
Also here during the early Spring we get warmer spells and then cold snaps again. The change in temperature is not good I understand. One sufferers' mum told me the other day that she hates May as that is when it generally gets warmer and the risk increases. her DS (now 3.7) has regular flu jabs through the winter...
I guess I'm a bit freked about the potential DS2 has to have repeated bouts of this through his infancy and am looking for any ways to prevent it!

dd2 was hospitalised with this at 8 weeks. She's now 8 and apart from slow initial weight gain (though I had massive problems bfeeding and couldn't, not sure if that's related) there's nowt wrong with her now.

Just over two weeks now since that hospital visit and we've seen the doctor twice since. He's better but still wheezing - he sounds like an old man. i'm getting the impression from our doctor that we just have to live with it until it warms up now. Is that anyone else's experience?
He cleared it properly the first time..
Feel extremely humbled by harrowing tales of tiny ones getting this and Swedish's loss

I can give a more long term perspective as my ds is now 18 and had rsv+ bronchiolitis at 11 weeks. He was hospitalised for about 4 days. He had some wheezing problems everytime he got a cold which reached a peak at 5 years old when he was treated with steroids and ventolin. I supplied his school with an inhaler and spacer which they never used..I think I may still have 2 spacers lurking in the back of a cupboard somewhere. He hasn't needed inhalers since that one occasion when he was 5 and has had no problems with asthma or chest infections.

Hello, just a heads up that this thread hasn't been posted on for over a year. If your baby or child isn't well, - if you're looking for information or to hear the experiences of other Mumsnetters, we've pulled together a page on bronchiolitis here.