Out of breath

A child suffering from an asthma attack needs immediate attention. Maggie Jones shows how to deal with an asthmatic child and looks at the likely triggers for an attack Fiona first realised that there was something wrong with Jessica when she was a baby. She developed a hacking cough that didn't go away, and repeated trips to the doctor only confirmed that she didn't have a chest infection. When Jessica was one, she was choking and not breathing properly, so an ambulance had to be called to take her to hospital in the middle of the night. Despite this emergency,...