Runny Noses, Postnasal Drip, and Wheezing

In the 1997 movie “As Good As It Gets,”1 Jack Nicholson’s character has obsessive-compulsive disorder and cannot abide the absence of the one waitress who can handle his needs, who is out caring for her wheezing son. He sends a physician to her home who asks Helen Hunt’s character if the child has ever been t ested for allergies or seen when healthy, and she replies in the negative to both as she produces a diary and tons of medicines that have not worked. To fast forward (and this is a spoiler alert), the child’s allergies and asthma, confounded by poor air quality, are managed effectively, and he can return to school and play, the waitress can return to work, and peace once again reigns.
Source: Otolaryngologic clinics of North America - Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Tags: Foreword Source Type: research