A child has a chronic, nonproductive cough and diffuse wheezing during the expiratory phase of respiration. This suggests
a. Asthma
b. Pneumonia
c. Bronchiolitis
d. Foreign body in trachea
A
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A Children with asthma usually have these chronic symptoms.
B Pneumonia appears with an acute onset and fever and general malaise.
C Bronchiolitis is an acute condition caused by RSV.
D Foreign body in the trachea will occur with an acute respiratory distress or failure
and maybe stridor.
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