title: Intractable psychogenic sneezing: two case reports.
abstract: Sneezing is usually the physiologic response to nasal irritation but intractable paroxysmal sneezing is very uncommon. Majority of cases of intractable sneezing are reported among adolescents and are psychogenic in origin. We report two adolescent girls with intractable paroxysmal sneezing in whom the removal of psychogenic stressors resulted incomplete remission.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry,University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Dilshad Garden, Delhi 110095, India. manbhatia1@rediffmail.com
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Bhatia
authors.forename: Manish
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Khandpal
authors.forename: Shruti
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Srivastava
authors.forename: Manish
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Khandpal
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D012912:Sneezing; D012917:Social Adjustment; D013315:Stress, Psychological