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Psychosomatic Medicine 12:108-112 (1950)
© 1950 American Psychosomatic Society

Neurogenic Factors in Nasal Catarrh

EDMUND P. FOWLER JR. M.D.1

1 Professor of Otolaryngology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York City, N. Y.

Examination of the nasal mucosa and its capillary circulation with sympathetic stimulation and ablation proves that there are two basic kinds of nasal catarrh--the red "infectious" sympathetic type and the "pale, vasomotor, allergic" or parasympathetic type. This has been reported by Jarvis, but is strengthened by experimental data and clinical observations given in this paper.

Because of the marked changes observed in the nose which can be produced by stimulation or ablation of its sympathetic nerve supply, it is suggested that many so-called "colds" are induced by psychic stimuli to the autonomic nervous system. A few illustrative cases are cited which tend to support the view that nasal catarrh, acute and chronic, allergic and infectious, can have psychosomatic factors as part of their background.






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