Irish medical journal
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A 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. ⋯ 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.