Dr Phil Kieran: My daughter has started to wheeze - does she need an inhaler?

Viral infections are responsible for about 15% of all wheezing in children and it has likely re-triggered her asthma

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Dr. Phil Kieran

GENERAL PRACTITIONER

My six-year-old daughter developed asthma as a baby and was on inhalers for the first few years of her life. Luckily, she grew out of it, but recently I’ve noticed she’s wheezing again, particularly in the mornings. Does this mean she needs to go back on her inhalers?