title: Honeymoon asthma.
abstract: A young newlywed man experienced severe dyspnea and physiological compromise after his first and second experiences with sexual intercourse. The physiological and psychological stresses put his marriage at risk. All resolved after diagnosis and treatment. This is a case of a rare but known entity-asthma provoked by sexual activity at a level of physiological stress below that required to trigger exercise-induced asthma. The scant literature on this entity was reviewed for which the term "honeymoon asthma" is suggested and is literally true in this case.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Sri Gokulam Hospitals and Research Institute, Salem, India.
authors.forename: Subramanian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Senthilkumaran
authors.forename: Sadip
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pant
authors.forename: Ritesh G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Menezes
authors.forename: Namasivayam
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Balamurgan
authors.forename: Ponniah
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Thirumalaikolundusubramanian
authors.forename: Thaddeus
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bartter
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D003075:Coitus / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology*; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*