But some breathing problems in children —such as wheezing and chest retraction—can be a sign of something more significant that warrants a doctor's attention and, perhaps, emergency medical care. The ...

chest pain, maybe slightly increased work of breathing or panting, things like that. You start hearing wheezing or significant loud noises, sort of gasping for air. Those are kind of more later signs.

During an asthma flare-up, sometimes called an asthma episode or an asthma attack, symptoms like coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath, and chest tightness get worse. People with asthma might go ...

1 Department of Public Health Sciences, Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ School of Medicine, King’s College, London, SE1 3QD, UK Background: We recently reported links between frequent paracetamol ...