Climate change has resulted in unstable weather cycles with extreme temperatures that contribute to diseases, especially chest complications, in children.
The cold season is fast approaching, a period when viral infections are common.
A 2010 study shows that at least two per cent of doctors’ visits by children and adolescents were chest pains related to a heart condition.
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