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Can stress bring on an asthma attack?

brend7011
08/13/09
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Rick Frea
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Friday, August 14, 2009

Believe it or not, it used ot be believed that stress and anxiety caused asthma, or that asthma is all in your head (as you can read about in this old book).  However, that old theory has since been disproven.  However, while scientists now know your asthma is not all in your head, they have proven that anxiety and stress can "trigger" an asthma attack.  You can read an excellent post about stress and asthma by clicking here.

re: Can stress bring on an asthma attack?
RosieC
Monday, August 31, 2009 at 04:05 AM

I can relate to this.  I have asthma and have a long istory of allergies.  However; STRESS can trigger my asthma attacks esp at night.    

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