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None — BACKGROUND: Although the passion of Samantha Trattner's life, it was her vocal chords that were negatively impacting her health. Vocal chord dysfunction is a hidden, yet common and usually ...

That familiar tightness in your chest. The wheeze that seems to announce itself at the most inconvenient moments. The inhaler you clutch like a lifeline. Living with asthma can feel like your lungs ...

VCD occurs because the vocal cords come together (as opposed to open up) when a patient inhales, and is recognized as a functional disorder. VCD sometimes causes noisy breathing similar to that which ...