支气管哮喘病亦可受精神刺激的影响。因此,有人认为哮喘是一种心身失常的疾病。但并无证据可以说明哮喘是单纯由神经或心理因素引起的,只有当已经患支气管哮喘时,神经或心理影响才能促发或消除哮喘的发作。支气管必须先获得对刺激的“敏感性”,而后精神刺激才能激起反应。至今还末见精神刺激可使正常支气管变为高度敏感的支气管,也未见精神刺激可以引起哮喘。相反,有的病人精神激动可以抑制或减轻哮喘的发作。病人有时发现在看球赛或在拥挤的马路上骑自行车或驾驶汽车时,哮喘发作可以缓解。我有个病人,他自幼患哮喘,常因哮喘状态而住院治疗,经用各种药物治疗,只能暂时平喘不能停止发病。三年前他30岁那年结婚,婚后病情如旧,后来有了一个小孩,尚在哺乳期间,他的爱人上夜班去了,把孩子交给他看管,一夜之间,他要给孩子拉尿、换尿布、喂奶、盖被……把他忙得没有好睡,但是他的哮喘却也没有发作,一连数日,反感轻快。后来他带养孩子几个月,很少有大发作。 Bronchial asthma can also be affected by mental stimulation. Therefore, some people think that asthma is a psychiatric disorder. However, there is no evidence that asthma is caused solely by neurological or psychological factors. Only when bronchial asthma is already present can neurological or psychological effects trigger or eliminate asthma attacks. The bronchus must first be “sensitized” to the stimulus before the mental stimulus can evoke the response. So far we have not seen mental stimulation can make the normal bronchus into a highly sensitive bronchus, also did not see mental stimulation can cause asthma. In contrast, some patients with agitation can inhibit or reduce the onset of asthma. Patients sometimes find their asthma attacks relieved by watching a match or riding a bicycle or driving a car on a crowded road. I have a patient, he had asthma since childhood, often because of asthma and hospitalization, after treatment with a variety of drugs, only temporary asthma can not stop the disease. Three years ago, when he was 30, he was married. After marriage, his condition was as old as ever. Later he had a child who was still breastfeeding. His lover went to work on night shift and gave him custody of the child. He gave the child overnight Pulling urine, changing diapers, feeding milk, covering ... ... did not hesitate to sleep too much, but his asthma attack did not occur for several days and became disgusted. Later, he brought his children for a few months, there are few major attacks.