Can bronchiolitis lead to pneumonia or pleurisy?
(Male, 9 months) A: Bronchiolitis is the usual viral chest infection that babies get. The infection usually lasts a few days with cough, rapid breathing, wheeze, fever, runny nose, loss of appetite etc., although the cough can persist for up to two or three weeks. Occasionally babies need extra oxygen and require admission to hospital for this. Important signs of a baby being seriously unwell with bronchiolitis are very rapid breathing and significant in-drawing of the chest wall between the ribs with each breath.
