Seeing the Forest Through the Wheeze: Laryngeal Involvement in ...
Seeing the Forest Through the Wheeze: Laryngeal Involvement in ...
Seeing the Forest Through the Wheeze: Laryngeal Involvement in ...
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• Causal factors<br />
IVFC<br />
– Functional or psychogenic issue?<br />
– <strong>Laryngeal</strong> hypersensitivity/hyper-reactivity?<br />
– Laryngospasm?<br />
– Adductor laryngeal breath<strong>in</strong>g dystonia (Blitzer and<br />
Br<strong>in</strong>, 1991; Grillone, et.al., 1994)<br />
• Rare disorder whose symptoms are similar to IVFC<br />
• Neurological issue<br />
• Behavioral <strong>in</strong>tervention not efficacious <strong>in</strong> management