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Why Does Crying Trigger An Asthma Attack?
Question: Hi, can you kindly explain why crying triggers an asthma attack?
Hi XXXXXXX
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Crying simply triggers asthma attack because it is strongly associated with emotional stress which is a strong trigger of asthmatic crisis.
The mechanism by which strong negative emotions/crying triggering bronchospasms / bronchial constrictions is not yet understood by the medical community, but research by various authors has shown that asthma attack are usually very associated with people under emotional stress/crying.
Hope this helps.
Dr Nsah
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Crying simply triggers asthma attack because it is strongly associated with emotional stress which is a strong trigger of asthmatic crisis.
The mechanism by which strong negative emotions/crying triggering bronchospasms / bronchial constrictions is not yet understood by the medical community, but research by various authors has shown that asthma attack are usually very associated with people under emotional stress/crying.
Hope this helps.
Dr Nsah
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