• Asthma: The Thief Who Stole My Breath

    Asthma: The Thief Who Stole My Breath

    It began in my mid-thirties when I started to wheeze and cough. I became breathless at the slightest exertion and repeatedly woke during the night, struggling to breathe, with a tightness in my chest and coughing up a thick, slimy green phlegm. I was suffering from adult-onset asthma. It felt as if I had been…

  • What Causes Asthma? – It’s Down the Pan

    What Causes Asthma? – It’s Down the Pan

    A staggering 5.4 million people suffer from asthma in the UK. Asthma is an illness that seems to be part of modern Western society, and its prevalence has been increasing since the 1970s. Although mortality rates from asthma have been on the decline, this is only due to the fact that asthma is now better…