Our local communities have experienced a lot of respiratory illnesses over the past five months, and for some children, it’s led to an unexpected condition involving coughing and wheezing called viral-induced asthma. Providers at Eugene Pediatric Associates are seeing a lot of kids experiencing the condition. “They cough and cough for weeks after the illness is over,” says Dr. Pilar Bradshaw. “They cough at night, they cough when they are running or exercising, they cough when they are screaming or crying. Any time that their body would want a big easy breath, that’s when viral-induced asthma hits.”