Scratching eases wheezing and coughing
June 5, 2011 4:09 AM Subscribe
Why does scratching a small part of my back eaze wheezing?
I'm just getting over a cold and chest infection. During the wheezy stages of the chest infection, my back became itchy, particularly the spot on the back where a woman's bra strap buckle would rest - about a third of the way down from the neck.
It seems if I scratched a certain part of the skin about the size of a penny, it eased the wheezing considerably. Why would this be? I also found that whilst coughing, scratching with something sharp the bottom of my neck at the Adam's apple eased the coughing.
Bodies are so weird!
I'm just getting over a cold and chest infection. During the wheezy stages of the chest infection, my back became itchy, particularly the spot on the back where a woman's bra strap buckle would rest - about a third of the way down from the neck.
It seems if I scratched a certain part of the skin about the size of a penny, it eased the wheezing considerably. Why would this be? I also found that whilst coughing, scratching with something sharp the bottom of my neck at the Adam's apple eased the coughing.
Bodies are so weird!
Response by poster: Liking the cow face pose! I used to be able to do that when I was younger, but it seems impossible now.
What you said makes sense, but it strange that spot itches when I wheeze. When I was a kid and I had asthma, I would wake up in the night and yell out for someone to scratch my back - again, particularly that bit. Seems it's been with me forever.
posted by stenoboy at 4:45 AM on June 5, 2011
What you said makes sense, but it strange that spot itches when I wheeze. When I was a kid and I had asthma, I would wake up in the night and yell out for someone to scratch my back - again, particularly that bit. Seems it's been with me forever.
posted by stenoboy at 4:45 AM on June 5, 2011
Can't tell you why that spot itches, but I can confirm that when I have asthma attacks, and start wheezing, my back itches, too. Probably right about there, although it's been a while, and I'm not positive.
posted by needlegrrl at 9:40 AM on June 5, 2011
posted by needlegrrl at 9:40 AM on June 5, 2011
i'm an asthmatic. just talking about that spot on my back makes it itch. weirdly, this has sort of come up before.
posted by nadawi at 11:06 AM on June 5, 2011
posted by nadawi at 11:06 AM on June 5, 2011
This probably doesn't help, but the same thing works for my dog.
posted by roger ackroyd at 2:55 PM on June 5, 2011
posted by roger ackroyd at 2:55 PM on June 5, 2011
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posted by anaelith at 4:26 AM on June 5, 2011 [2 favorites]