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Psychological Stress, Cytokine Production, and Severity of Upper Respiratory Illness

From the Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University; Department of Otolaryngology, Section of Allergy/Immunology-Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

View larger version (13K): [in a new window]   Fig. 1. The association between psychological stress (low = below median and high = above median) and symptoms of upper respiratory illness among subjects infected with an influenza A virus. Viral inoculation occurred at the end of day 0. SEs are indicated.

View larger version (14K): [in a new window]   Fig. 2. The association between psychological stress (low = below median and high = above median) and mucus weights among subjects infected with an influenza A virus. Viral inoculation occurred at the end of day 0. SEs are indicated.

View larger version (13K): [in a new window]   Fig. 3. The association between psychological stress (low = below median and high = above median) and IL-6 in nasal secretions among subjects infected with an influenza A virus. Viral inoculation occurred at the end of day 0. SEs are indicated.