When It's NOT Asthma...: A Story About Paradoxical Vocal Cord Dysfunction

We trust that doctors have the expertise to diagnose and treat disease, but what happens if they are wrong? I was wrongly diagnosed with exercise-induced asthma at nine-years-old. When years of treatment from countless doctors could not get my symptoms under control, I decided to take matters into my own hands. My breathing problems were mistaken for another condition that is often misdiagnosed as asthma - a condition called Paradoxical Vocal Cord Dysfunction (PVCD). This book details how I discovered my PVCD on my own and finally received the help that I needed.