The flu shot and pneumococcal vaccine are recommended for children as well as adults with persistent (recurring) asthma. 

Infants and children exposed to tobacco smoke are more likely to have bronchial infections than children not living with smokers. 

Allergy plays the major role in virtually all of childhood asthma. Allergies often start during infancy. Children can be evaluated by an allergist at any age, even as an infant, and skin tested as young as 6 months old in our office.