A breath of fresh air for asthmatics

We may have a stereotype of what asthma is and what a ‘sufferer’ goes through, but things are changing — though it can still prove deadly, writes Aileen C O’Reilly.

Ask the majority of people about asthma and they’ll say “it’s that thing where you can’t breathe sometimes isn’t it? You need inhalers.” It might shock you to know it’s a tad more serious than that.