How to Use bronchiolitis in a Sentence

bronchiolitis

noun
  • In young children, wheezing is usually caused by one of two factors—bronchiolitis or asthma—and it can often be managed at home.
    — Nicole Harris, Parents, 25 Aug. 2023
  • This disease affects the lungs and can cause life-threatening pneumonia and bronchiolitis.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 May 2023
  • Children can still get infected and may develop a cough or bronchiolitis, inflammation of the airways of the lung.
    — Helen Branswell, STAT, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Severe infections can result in pneumonia or bronchiolitis, which inflames airways and clogs them with mucus.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 17 May 2023
  • This condition, called bronchiolitis, can cause wheezing and is most dangerous in the first months of life, when newborns’ airways are extremely narrow.
    — Liz Szabo, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Colds in babies this young can potentially lead to dangerous problems like croup, bronchiolitis, or pneumonia.
    — Jennifer White, Parents, 1 July 2024
  • More severe infections can cause bronchiolitis, an inflammation of the small airways in the lung, pneumonia, and an infection of the lungs.
    — The Arizona Republic, 10 Feb. 2024
  • In serious cases, however, an infection can lead to pneumonia or bronchiolitis, which inflames airways and clogs them with mucus.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Instead, the condition of his lungs suggested a potential case of bronchiolitis obliterans, the medical term for popcorn lung.
    — Brittany Shammas, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Nov. 2019
  • But in serious cases, RSV can lead to pneumonia or bronchiolitis, which inflames airways and clogs them with mucus.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 21 June 2023
  • Horovitz emphasizes that bronchiolitis obliterans, like other ILDs, is not common.
    — Katie Heaney, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2017
  • That kind of damage is consistent with acute bronchiolitis, a very common type of infection similar to the common cold — but testing showed that it was not caused by a viral or bacterial infection.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 21 Nov. 2019
  • Popcorn lung, or bronchiolitis obliterans, is an inflammatory condition that affects the bronchioles, tiny airways in the lungs.
    — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 22 Nov. 2019
  • In serious cases, however, RSV can lead to bronchiolitis, which inflames airways and clogs them with mucus, or pneumonia.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The virus causes a lower respiratory illness that is generally mild, but in serious cases can lead to pneumonia or bronchiolitis, which inflames airways and clogs them with mucus.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The virus causes a lower respiratory illness that is generally mild, but in serious cases can lead to pneumonia or bronchiolitis, which inflames airways and clogs them with mucus.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 17 July 2023
  • What bronchiolitis sounds like Wheezing Symptoms of bronchiolitis Bronchiolitis comes on after what seems to be a basic cold, with coughing and a runny nose.
    — Evan Forster, Parents, 17 June 2024
  • People may develop potentially fatal infections such as pneumonia or bronchiolitis, which is inflammation in the lungs’ airways.
    — Sherri Gordon, Health, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Wilson referenced a Colorado study that found 16 percent of kids hospitalized for a lung infection called bronchiolitis showed they had been exposed to marijuana smoke.
    — Sonja Haller, USA TODAY, 14 May 2018
  • Another thing to consider about swim lessons in young kids—infants especially—is that exposure to chlorine in pools may heighten the risk of respiratory problems such as wheezing, bronchiolitis, and asthma.
    — Melinda Wenner Moyer, Slate Magazine, 19 June 2017
  • Doctors initially suspected the teen had bronchiolitis - a lung condition usually caused by a bacterial or viral infection - but tests came back negative for infection.
    — Brittany Shammas, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Nov. 2019
  • For some children, this can quickly spiral into pneumonia or bronchiolitis, requiring hospitalization and sometimes intensive care.
    — Suzette Brewer, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Health experts interviewed mentioned the risk of developing bronchiolitis is greater in these infants, that usually requires respiratory support in the hospital.
    — Emilee Coblentz, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2024
  • But babies, people with weakened immune systems, and those with chronic lung conditions are more likely to get seriously sick, developing illnesses like bronchiolitis or pneumonia.
    — Evan Moore november 5, Charlotte Observer, 5 Nov. 2025
  • For transplant recipients, bronchiolitis obliterans is like having an unstoppable asthma attack, Pavletic says.
    — Mitch Leslie, Science | AAAS, 5 Mar. 2020
  • Other viral infections associated with dry cough include pneumonia and bronchiolitis.
    — Nicole Harris, Parents, 10 July 2023
  • The goal, the administration said, is to help more veterans receive benefits -- especially those with constrictive bronchiolitis, lung cancers and rare respiratory cancers.
    — Ben Gittleson, ABC News, 11 Nov. 2021
  • Possible complications can include croup, pneumonia, asthma attacks, middle ear infections, bronchiolitis and fever, the CDC said.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 3 Mar. 2026
  • The Journal Sentinel investigation also detailed how five workers at a Texas coffee roasting facility became gravely ill from a serious and sometimes fatal lung disease called bronchiolitis obliterans.
    — Raquel Rutledge, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 May 2018
  • The American Lung Association said secondary infections – like bronchiolitis, bronchitis and pneumonia – can also occur and may require medical attention.
    — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 30 May 2023

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