Summary

• Breathing disorder that is frequently mistaken for asthma.
• Accurate diagnosis is made by a multi-disciplinary team, which can include a speech language pathologist, a primary care physician, an asthma/allergy specialist, a pulmonologist, a psychologist, a psychiatrist, a sports medicine specialist, an athletic trainer, and a gastroenterologist.
• Diagnosis is established through the case history, laryngeal visualisation, and pulmonary function studies.
• Behavioural therapy by a speech language pathologist is the standard treatment.