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Researchers at the University of Melbourne have found in their research that Australian children who have bronchitis before the age of seven are more likely to suffer from lung diseases in their life. The researchers of the University of Melbourne also found that those children are also more likely to suffer from dangerous diseases like asthma and pneumonia. This research of the University of Melbourne will help doctors to find children who could benefit from more careful monitoring and earlier interventions. Dr Jennifer Perret, a lead author of a paper published today in the journal BMJ Open Respiratory Research, said, “This is the first very long-term prospective study that has examined the relationship between childhood bronchitis severity with adult lung health outcomes. We have seen already that children with protracted bacterial bronchitis are at increased risk of serious chronic infective lung disease after two to five years, so studies like ours are documenting the potential for symptomatic children to develop lung conditions, such as asthma and lung function changes, up to mid-adult life,”.