Over 380,000 people in Ireland currently have asthma and 890,000 people will have it at some stage in their lifetime.
Today is World Asthma Day. May 5 marks a period of education around asthma symptoms and awareness for those living with the respiratory illness. “The cough will be different with Covid-19, but if you’ve been living with asthma for a long time, you know what your own cough is like. The shallow breathing symptom will be different, it’ll be more severe with coronavirus.
People with asthma are not more susceptible to Covid-19, but if they contract the virus they could become more sick. In a bid to reduce the panic surrounding Covid-19 and asthma, the Asthma Society and Sláintecare have launched a new WhatsApp service, Beating Breathlessness. headtopics.com
Ruth says that asthma patients shouldn’t panic about their symptoms because of the pandemic. Rather, they should be as prepared as they would be irrespective of the outbreak. An asthma action plan includes a patient’s list of medication (and when they should be taking them), information on how to care for a patient, and what to do if asthma symptoms are getting worse.
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