Nik Scott sometimes does not leave his home for days after the city's air pollution exacerbated his severe respiratory illness
Nik Scott sometimes does not leave his home for days after the city's air pollution exacerbated his severe respiratory illness
He was sent to Manchester Royal Infirmary for a CT scan, which showed a large shadow on his right lung. A subsequent bronchoscopy – where doctors look directly at the airways in the lungs using a thin, lighted tube – led the consultant to believe Mr Scott had bronchiectasis, a long-term condition where the airways of the lungs become widened, leading to a build-up of excess mucus that can make the lungs more vulnerable to infection.
Mr Scott was forced to quit his job as a head colourist/stylist at the salon in Manchester and also give up his role as an NVQ educator. He has been unable to work for more than two years, during which time he began to notice it was another factor that had been exacerbating his illness:“I first noticed pollution being a factor to my lung condition after coming away from work and salons.
Asthma and Lung UK want the Labour Government to introduce a new Clean Air Act – the last such Act in 1993 consolidated the Acts of 1956 and 1968 as well as introducing new amendments – something its MPs were promising in opposition. In a debate last February,She said: “Labour will have a standalone clean air act in our very first King’s Speech.” But the King’s Speech made no mention of the Act nor did the pledge appear in the party’s manifesto.
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