At least 2 in 5 children have at least one episode of wheezing before they are 6 years old. When my patients think of wheeze in their children, they almost always assume it's due to asthma. In fact, there are many other causes of wheezing - and sometimes, as we'll see later, what sounds like wheeze in a young child may not be wheezing at all.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original article at https://patient.info/news-and-features/what-should-you-do-if-your-child-is-wheezing