Many people mistakenly think that asthma is just something that happens to children.
But in fact, asthma can develop at any age. Dr Lindsey Dow, consultant senior lecturer in Care of the Elderly at the University of Bristol, explains the key things you need to know if you develop asthma in later life. I used to smoke years ago but, over the last five years, coughing and wheezing has been part of my life. I never told my doctor about it, but six months ago I took my wife for the flu jab and a doctor at the surgery seemed so shocked at my breathing. She asked me a lot of questions about my breathing, she listened to my chest, and then got me to puff several times into a tube.