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Doesn't improve with oral steroids.
Has a peak flow in the Red Zone, and still decreasing.
Needs the rescue inhaler more often than every three hours.
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Symptoms
- Coughing and wheezing.
- Chest muscles push inward during rapid breathing.
- Colds move quickly from nose to chest.
- Colds last longer than those of their brothers and sisters.
- Playing, laughing, crying brings on coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath.
- Symptoms are particularly bad at night.
More on Asthma in Children Does Your Child's Wheezing Mean Asthma?
In the Encyclopedia: Occupational asthma
Wheezing
This article was reviewed and updated June 2007.
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