Women twice as likely to die from asthma according to a new report.
Women with asthma who are going through puberty, pregnancy or are menstruating, are at higher risk of severe asthma attacks, a charity report says.It calls for more research to examine the sex-related differences in the common lung condition.'I felt like I was breathing through a straw'"Originally, I was given traditional treatment of inhalers, steroids, antibiotics. I tried pretty much everything but nothing was controlling it.
Ms Hadkinson recalls that when she was last in intensive care in 2013, she asked her mum for "dry shampoo and a new pair of lungs", before she was put in an induced coma for around a week. "Within eight weeks of having the drug, my whole world changed. I am now on no other medication except two inhalers," she says.
Rates of hospital admission for asthma in England are similar for girls and boys in their early teens, but more than twice as high in women from the age of 20-50, the report says.
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