Could stress cause an asthma attack?!
Question: I have intermittent asthma, and havent had an attack in awhile. Except for tonight...My downstairs neighbors are complete idiots and will do anything to cause trouble, well tonight they took some outdoor property of ours and basically destroyed it. I got so upset that I had an asthma attack, was the attack caused by stress of me being so mad and upset? I had the attack 2 hours ago and my chest still hurts and feels like im slighlty short of breath, I used my inhaler..but im still hurting a bit.
Answers: I have intermittent asthma, and havent had an attack in awhile. Except for tonight...My downstairs neighbors are complete idiots and will do anything to cause trouble, well tonight they took some outdoor property of ours and basically destroyed it. I got so upset that I had an asthma attack, was the attack caused by stress of me being so mad and upset? I had the attack 2 hours ago and my chest still hurts and feels like im slighlty short of breath, I used my inhaler..but im still hurting a bit.
Stress can trigger an asthma attack. stress can send signal to the body which can cause closing of airway that is why you are gasping for air and that's why you can hear your lungs whistle sometimes.
Very likely it was the cause and you had a good reason to be upset. Stressed out and you didn.t know what to do.
For sure stress can cause an attack. If it's still bothering you you should consider going to the hospital for additional treatment.