Mould as a cause
Spores of mold are potential allergens and can cause a mold allergy. This shows itself with the typical allergy symptoms such as runny nose, eye tears and itching, increased sneezing and coughing. The fungus spores can be however as allergens also triggers of asthma attacks. This form of asthma then belongs to the subgroup of allergic asthma.
Mental and psychosomatic causes
As already mentioned above in the chapter “Stress”, stress or mental strain alone is not a cause of bronchial asthma. Asthma is primarily a somatic, i.e. a physically and not psychologically caused, disease. It is known, however, that in a known asthma, the body can react more quickly with an asthma attack if it is exposed to increased psychological stress.
There are still competing views on whether bronchial asthma should be considered a purely somatic or a psychosomatic disease. It is most likely to be a somatic (physically induced) disease, which can be influenced both positively and negatively by psychosocial factors. What happens when an acute asthma attack occurs?
