Contracting an infection such as bronchitis or pneumonia as a child is associated with a higher risk of death from a respiratory illness as an adult, a new study has suggested.
Research shows that suffering a lung infection before the age of two could dramatically enhance the chances of an early death.
Those who had a lower respiratory tract infection as children were almost twice as likely to die prematurely between the ages of 26 and 73 years from respiratory diseases.
