Great athletes have asthma (famously the marathon runner Paula Radcliffe and the soccer player Paul Scholes). I'm not one but I've had it badly since I was 2. Nevertheless I can't stop exercising. While others are lounging around I am climbing mountains, cycling, jogging, long distance walking, doing aerobics and playing sport. Just about every day I need some special activity. I calculated I walked several thousand miles last year as this is my favourite activity (in addition to all the rest). Even so I probably couldn't do it without inhalers.
I realise that the worse asthmatics are not always capable of high energy activity.
Now I don't quite know what sthenic means in the medical sense but I understand it means an excess of energy possibly from the nervous system. That sounds about right to me as I do get nervous.
Does it explain why a disease which causes such acute breathing problems can also energize you in unexpected ways?
You will no doubt tell me there is no such thing as sthenic asthma but I am trying to find the true answer to how asthma provides extra energy.