Asthma and allergies are highly linked together. If your child has seasonal allergies along with coughing, wheezing or shortness of breath than chances that he or she has asthma are very high. If your child has environmental allergies and has the following symptoms then you should talk to your pediatrician as he or she may have asthma.
- Coughs that last longer than 3 weeks.
- Shortness of breath and or coughing with physical exercises.
- Wheezing (Whistling noise when your child breaths).
- Coughing during sleep.