Wheezing is another significant symptom that a patient or caregiver may observe. RSV causes breathing problems, and patients might have noisy breathing. You can hear them inhaling. You might also hear their breaths are wheezing. Narrowing of the airways external to the chest, that is, the larynx and trachea, is responsible for inspiratory wheezing.
Wheezing is very common in childhood as the anatomy of the bronchi differs in children and adults. They are more likely to wheeze because the younger the child, the shorter and narrower the airways are. It’s considered that wheezing in RSV is often observed (even in adults), unlike various viral respiratory infections.
