To find out if you have asthma, the doctor/nurse will ask you to describe your symptoms and what makes them worse or better. They will ask about any childhood breathing problems, any allergies you have including hayfever and eczema, any breathing problems in the family, any pets and the jobs you have done over the […]
Although 95% of asthma starts in early childhood, 6 to 10% of people over the age of 65 have asthma in Scotland. In Scotland a total of 368,000 people have asthma and of those 54,000 are over the age of 65. Asthma can affect people in many different ways, older or younger. More information on […]
Asthma can affect people of any age Adult onset (sometimes called ‘late onset’) asthma is the term applied to asthma occurring for the first time in adulthood. Some adult onset asthma is related to triggers in the work place and is called occupational asthma. Long standing asthma is a term sometimes applied to having asthma […]
