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Asthma is a serious, potentially life threatening, condition, yet up to 60 per cent of Irish patients do not have their asthma controlled. The Asthma Society of Ireland launched a new 10 point checklist to help patients get the most out of their asthma check up and improve their asthma control.

A Ballyhaunis man who drove without insurance to get his wife’s inhaler as she was suffering a severe asthma attack escaped a disqualification in Ballyhaunis District Court this week.

For some people with asthma and allergies, especially children, Halloween festivities may worsen their condition. If your asthma is not under control both Halloween festivities and the increasingly cold weather may affect you. The Asthma Society of Ireland offers the following advice to people with asthma and parents of children with asthma:

World Asthma Day 2010 takes place on Tuesday May 4 and to raise awareness of the management of asthma, an information stand will be set up in the main foyer of Mayo General Hospital from 11am to 3pm.

MEP for the North/West region Marian Harkin is calling for a special asthma management programme modelled on a Finnish initiative to be introduced here.

Over half a million people in Ireland are affected by a chronic condition that affects everything they do; work, rest, and play.

The significant increase in the prevalence of asthma is fast becoming a worldwide health issue. The World Health Organisation figures for 2007 estimate that there are currently 300 million asthma sufferers worldwide and mortality rates are also on the rise.

The Asthma Society of Ireland is urging parents of children with asthma to visit their GP to ensure their child’s condition is controlled before returning to school this September.

World Health Organisation figures for 2007 estimate there are 300 million asthma sufferers worldwide, and mortality rates are on the rise.