Ask the doctor: Asthma at any age
Wheezes are musical sounds, sustained notes, produced somewhere in your respiratory system. Sometimes they occur when you breathe in and sometimes when you breathe out. They signal an obstruction somewhere in your respiratory system. Wheezes often occur during an asthma attack, when the small breathing tubes in the lungs clamp down and fill with mucous.
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