Thread: My son is complaining about his chest hurting, crinkling and squeezing...

...when he coughs,What can it be? He is ten, and has not had a cold. He told me last night his throat hurts and then the cough started. He describes the feeling as crinkling.

Why are you wasting time on the computer - take him to the doctor asap, sounds like he has asthma or pneumonia. Whatever it is chest pain = serious, get off the computer and take him to the doctor

Check his temperature, if he develops a fever above normal then take him to the doctor asap.

When listening to a chest with Bronchitis or Pneumonia, you will hear a crinkling noise as the lungs expand. This is not normal.

It could be either an infection or -sorry- he might just have developed a cold.

Good Luck

He could have bronchitis, or pneumonia. I would check his temperature often to see if he is running a fever.