Another story about stress and asthma This time the idea has filtered all the way up to the New York Times. The story, Childhood Ailments: Stress and Asthma, Hand in Hand (registration required) says:
The children were found to be four times as likely to suffer attacks within two days of stressful events. And six weeks later, for reasons the researchers said were unclear, they were again at higher risk for attacks.
I think it's because there's sort of a cascading effect, where the asthma attack itself provokes more stress.
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