An asthma attack is a sudden worsening of your symptoms, caused by the tightening of muscles in your airways. This sudden onset of asthma symptoms can be brought on by exposure to a trigger. This can be life-threatening. Unfortunately, every year in Ireland 50-70 people die from poorly controlled asthma.
It is important to get to know your asthma symptoms and triggers, how to adjust your treatment and when to call for help.
Asthma is a variable dynamic illness which can vary with the weather or seasons. It can be 'quiet' over seasons/ years/ decades and then can become very unstable or even life-threatening over hours or days!