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Breath. Everyone takes breath for granted. But you, you’re an asthmatic person suffering one of your worst attacks. A slight drizzle earlier in the evening was all you needed for a start. The extremely warm September night doesn’t help either. The people around see you sitting there nervous and shaking, and the perspiration rolling down your face and neck.
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Backman, M.E. (1989). Case 1 From the Diary of a Thirteen-Year-Old (Asthma). In: The Psychology of the Physically Ill Patient. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0903-9_21
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