The enterovirus infections that have sprung up in the Midwest have brought the words “wheezing” and “respiratory distress” into the mainstream. But how, as a parent, do you know if your child is ...

Drinking warm liquids, inhaling moist air, and avoiding smoke are just some home remedies that may help reduce wheezing. Wheezing refers to a high pitched whistling sound that happens when you breathe ...

Doctors know they're the sounds of lung problems, but it turns out they might be more than symptoms--crackling and wheezing could be the sounds of a disease progressing, a University of Michigan ...

Wheezing is a high-pitched whistling sound your breath makes as it passes through a narrowed airway. Lung diseases like asthma are the most common cause of wheezing, as these conditions can make the ...

Unless you’re all tapped out from something intense like a HIIT class, your breathing is generally supposed to be as silent as the p in “pneumonia.” When it randomly starts to sound a little funny, ...

Coughs from different illnesses have specific sounds that can help make a diagnosis. Learn about the sounds of a bronchitis cough. Share on Pinterest arto_canon/Getty Images When a healthcare ...

My 11-month-old son has had several wheezing episodes recently. Does this mean he has asthma? Not necessarily. Not all children who have wheezing episodes will develop asthma, and not all children who ...

Make sure that the listening area is quiet, and importantly, do not listen through the patient's clothing. Warm your stethoscope either by carrying it in your pants pocket or by vigorously rubbing it.

A team of engineers has identified the 'violent' physical processes at work inside the lungs which cause wheezing, a condition which affects up to a quarter of the world's population. A team of ...