Bronchial spasms can be triggered by various conditions, including asthma, infections, and allergens. The pope responded well to treatment, remaining conscious and alert throughout the episode.

Medications aren’t the only way to control asthma. Your doctor might also try a condition called bronchial thermoplasty. People with asthma often have extra smooth muscle in their airway walls.

5:04 Pope Francis Making Slow Recovery from Double Pneumonia Pope Francis suffered a bronchial spasm on Friday that resulted in him breathing in vomit, requiring non-invasive mechanical ...

Nocturnal asthma, including nocturnal bronchial asthma, is not completely understood. It is earmarked by nighttime development of airway obstruction. It may be a form of uncontrolled asthma or a ...

Your airways become swollen during an acute exacerbation of asthma. Your muscles contract and your bronchial tubes narrow. Breathing can become more difficult. When asthma symptoms flare up and ...

It specified that the bronchial spasm adversely affected his breathing ability. The Pope was promptly subjected to bronchial aspiration (to clear his airways) and was put on non-invasive mechanical ...

The pope’s road to recovery has suffered a setback. The Vatican said Pope Francis had a bronchial spasm that caused him to breathe in vomit, The Associated Press reported. He had to be placed on ...

The episode, which doctors described as an "isolated crisis of bronchial spasm" was a coughing fit in which Francis inhaled vomit. The longer respiratory crisis Francis suffered on Feb. 22 was a ...

March 2, 2 p.m. EST: Pope Francis’ condition ‘remains stable’; recent bronchial spasm crisis has not caused any negative consequences Pope Francis’ clinical condition “has remained ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis suffered a bronchial spasm on Friday that resulted in him breathing in vomit, requiring non-invasive mechanical ventilation, the Vatican said in relaying a setback in ...

People attend as The Pope's vicar for the dioceses of Rome Cardinal Baldassarre Reina holds a rosary prayer for the health of Pope Francis in St Peter's Square at The Vatican, Thursday, Feb. 27 ...