• Irish medical journal · Oct 1991

    Case Reports

    Vocal cord dysfunction presenting as asthma.

    • P Caraon and C O'Toole.
    • Ir Med J. 1991 Oct 1; 84 (3): 98-9.

    AbstractA 14 year old boy presented with deteriorating asthma and marked stridor. Neither asthma nor stridor responded to an increase in anti-asthma medication, including high dose oral steroids. Indirect laryngoscopy revealed adduction of the vocal cords throughout the respiratory cycle, a phenomenon previously identified as a psychosomatic conversion reaction. When gently confronted with these findings and offered psychological assistance the boy's symptoms abated totally. After two sessions of hypnotherapy he has had better control of both his physical (asthma) and psychological problems.

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