Children's lungs
If you’re a parent it can be tricky to know what to do when your baby or child starts coughing and their nose starts running. This information is for you!
There are lots of infections and conditions that can affect your child’s breathing and their lungs. Here you can read about your child's lungs, the different lung conditions which affect children, and read the stories of people like you.
We’ve set up a Parent and Carer Support Network to provide a space for parents and carers of children with all lung conditions to talk to other people who understand.
- Asthma in children
- Bronchiectasis in children
- Bronchiolitis and RSV
- Bronchiolitis obliterans in children
- Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD)
- Children’s interstitial lung disease (chILD)
- Congenital pulmonary airway malformation (CPAM)
- Cystic fibrosis
- Eosinophilic lung conditions
- How children’s lungs grow
- OSA in children
- Pectus carinatum (pigeon chest)
- Pectus excavatum (funnel chest)
- Pneumonia in children
- Pneumothorax in children
- Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) in children
- Pulmonary haemorrhage (bleeding into the lung)
- Pulmonary hypertension in children
- Pulmonary vasculitis
- Risks to your child’s lungs
- Sarcoidosis in children
- Signs of breathing problems in children
- Tuberculosis (TB) in children
- When your child is diagnosed with a lung condition