Advice to give to asthma patients about air pollution

Two-thirds of people with asthma in the UK say poor air quality makes their asthma worse, which puts them at higher risk of an asthma attack.
There is also evidence that being exposed long-term to high concentrations of air pollution plays a part in causing asthma. Women who are exposed to high levels of pollution when they are pregnant, regardless of whether they have asthma or not, could see their baby more likely to develop asthma because particulates can cross through the placenta to the developing baby.....

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Listen Up, Asthma Sufferers: Your Inhaler Could Be Making You Sick
Some common asthma inhalers could up your risk of getting pneumonia. Here’s what you need to know.

Asthma sufferers often use inhalers to help manage or treat their symptoms. But, taking a puff of inhaled corticosteroids (the type of medication inside many inhalers) may increase the risk of pneumonia in people with the condition.
A new study published in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology looked at data from 152,412 asthma patients who used two common asthma inhaler medications. Researchers found that use of ICS in general was associated with an 83 percent increased risk of being hospitalized for pneumonia. (Look out for these pneumonia symptoms).....

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Brookmans Park dad proves asthma does not have to hold you back

Liam Kelly, 49, of Brookmans Park, tackled the 26.2-mile London Marathon on Sunday, raising money for Asthma UK.
It is the sixth year that he has completed the marathon.
Liam has had asthma since he was a child and takes part to show that it is a condition that does not have to hold you back.....

Read more here: whtimes.co.uk