Not diagnosing asthma is a frequent problem, especially in children who wheeze when the have respiratory infections. These children are often labeled as having bronchitis, bronchiolitis, or pneumonia. As they grow in the preschool years nonallergic infants no longer wheeze as their airways get larger. Allergic infants are more likely to have asthma that will continue throughout childhood.
Some children see their asthma go into remission for years, only to return later in life.
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