A groundbreaking new asthma treatment has significantly improved the life of Dave Birch, allowing him to engage in activities he previously thought impossible due to severe breathing difficulties.
For many years, Dave Birch was unable to go outside during the winter months, as a cold blast of air would cause him to pass out. This is harder to control with typical asthma medications than the asthma diagnosed during childhood. A new asthma treatment has 'considerably eased' Mr Birch's symptoms. Prior to the new treatment, he had experienced breathing difficulties for more than 30 years after a motorcycle accident caused permanent damage to his right lung.
Mr Birch said he was initially sceptical when doctors at Birmingham's Heartlands Hospital asked him to take part in the trial, but he was at the stage where he was 'ready to try anything'. He added: 'A blast of cold air before would instantly set off a coughing fit, coughing that badly that I used to pass out.' He recalled how in the space of one week he collapsed on 20 separate occasions inside his home, bruising his face and injuring his body. Although he still has to take some other forms of medication, he said his breathing had improved and he was no longer as reliant on his nebuliser. It will still take a larger trial, due to start in 2025 and which will last two years, to be certain of the benefit. 'I can get out and about, I can walk my dog, I can go and find logs from outside to keep my house warm'. 'It's allowed us to do far more, I'm doing stuff now that I should have been able to do years ago in my 20s and 30s', he added. Mr Birch praised the 'wonder drug' for helping him to find a new lease of life, after - at the age of 60 - taking up side-car racing with his wife
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