Nasal response to stress test in healthy subjects: an experimental pilot study.
Heloïse De KermadecEmilie BéquignonFrancoise Zerah-LancnerAntoine GarinMarie Devars du MayneAndré CosteBruno LouisJean-François PaponPublished in: European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (2019)
We observed that stress influenced the feeling of nasal patency in healthy subjects. However, the objective effects of stress on nasal geometry were globally non-significant except in "weakly anxious" group. This latter result of our pilot study needs to be confirmed in a larger cohort.