A new study shows that young children diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis are at an increased risk of subsequent wheezing, poor lung function, and reduced height and weight later in their childhood..
A lower respiratory tract infection before turning 2 years old was related to a 93% higher likelihood for a respiratory-related premature death in adulthood compared with no childhood infection, according to results published in The Lancet.“Current preventative measures for adult respiratory disease mainly focus on adult lifestyle risk factors such as smoking,” James P. Allinson, PhD,