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What Causes Kid To Sound Chesty When Playing?

My 7 month old baby sounds really chesty when he is playing. He has no temperature, he's eating and there's plenty of wet nappies. There's no noise when he sleeps and he is well in himself. His GP says his chest is clear so could it be allergies, or to do with teething?

Thanks in advance.
Mon, 9 Mar 2015
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Pediatrician, Pulmonology ,  's  Response
Hi...what you are describing is fitting into a condition called congenital airway anomaly. In this the breathing tubes will be slightly lax and they will get better as the age progresses. This is a quite common thing which is increasingly being recognized now a days. You need not worry if his growth parameters and development are normal. As far as diagnosis is concerned it is mostly clinical and the gold standard diagnostic test is bronchoscopy. Many a time this might be mistaken as wheezing, but careful examination shows that the noise is mostly inspiratory and not expiratory. Wheeze is usually expiratory.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
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What Causes Kid To Sound Chesty When Playing?

Hi...what you are describing is fitting into a condition called congenital airway anomaly. In this the breathing tubes will be slightly lax and they will get better as the age progresses. This is a quite common thing which is increasingly being recognized now a days. You need not worry if his growth parameters and development are normal. As far as diagnosis is concerned it is mostly clinical and the gold standard diagnostic test is bronchoscopy. Many a time this might be mistaken as wheezing, but careful examination shows that the noise is mostly inspiratory and not expiratory. Wheeze is usually expiratory. Regards - Dr. Sumanth