With the best will in the world and despite your greatest care, it is still possible that you might fall ill at some stage, with a bad dose of a cold, some random infection or just be run down.

When you are ill you are more liable to over-breathe and your CP may fall & your

pulse may rise. All infections are stressors, whether flu, a common cold or viral

infection. So how can you combat the adverse effect on your breathing with the increased risk of your asthma symptoms returning and how can you recover quickly?

There are many ways you can help yourself, some may be common sense but others may be new to you.