Untangling asthma, inducible laryngeal obstruction, and dysfunctional breathing in a competitive sportsperson

Abstract A young woman with historically mild asthma experienced worsening breathlessness and cough with competitive ice skating. Despite optimizing and escalating treatment for her eosinophilic asthma, and addressing known exacerbating factors, her symptoms remained uncontrolled and refractory to bronchodilators and oral corticosteroids. Objective testing suggested her presentation was out of keeping with asthma alone, and she was suspected to have comorbid dysfunctional breathing and/or inducible laryngeal obstruction. Evidence was required to confirm the diagnoses, assess each condition's contribution to her symptom burden, and guide therapy. As exercise was a predominant trigger, she proceeded to cardiopulmonary exercise test with continuous laryngoscopy during exercise (CPET‐CLE). Testing confirmed the presence of two forms of inducible laryngeal obstruction and evidence of hyperventilation predominant dysfunctional breathing. This case highlights the importance of identifying coexisting conditions in difficult‐to‐treat asthma, and the value of structured multidisciplinary assessment in referral centres for such individuals..

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Respirology Case Reports - 12(2024), 1, Seite n/a-n/a

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Alice L. Crawford [VerfasserIn]
Niranjan Setty [VerfasserIn]
Brooke Kyle [VerfasserIn]
Kate Baumwol [VerfasserIn]
John D. Blakey [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Asthma
Breathlessness
Diseases of the respiratory system
Dysfunctional breathing
Inducible laryngeal obstruction
Vocal cord dysfunction

doi:

10.1002/rcr2.1282

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DOAJ096405007