Gujarat Earthquake Post your messages here on the health board Bronchiolitis and Your Child Bronchiolitis is a lung infection caused by a virus. Children under age 2 get this illness in the winter.
Most children are sick about a week and then get well.
Symptoms Your child will probably have a runny nose and a slight fever for 2 to 3 days. Then your child may begin to cough, breathe fast and wheeze for another 2 or 3 days. Use a cool-mist vaporizer in the bedroom while the child is sleeping. Run hot water in the shower to steam up the bathroom and sit in there with your child if he or she is coughing hard and having trouble breathing. Give your child paracetamol suspension, if he or she has a fever.