Helping children with asthma return to school easily

The Asthma Society is conducting clinics to show teachers how to manage children who have the condition.

PARENTS should ask their child’s school if they have an asthma-management policy, says the Asthma Society of Ireland, which is hosting free mobile asthma clinics, nationwide, from September 15 to 26. These are to advise parents and teachers to better manage children who have the condition.

Hospital admissions due to asthma rise in September, says Frances Guiney, director of patient services at the Asthma Society. “Colds and viruses are very common triggers in autumn, especially in the under-12s.”