Doctors 'over-diagnosing asthma in children'

Inhalers are being dished out like "fashion accessories", leading UK doctors have said as they warned that medics are over-diagnosing asthma in children.

Doctors 'over-diagnosing asthma in children'

Inhalers are being dished out like "fashion accessories", leading UK doctors have said as they warned that medics are over-diagnosing asthma in children.

The diagnosis of asthma has been "trivialised", two leading respiratory doctors said.

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