This week I had a call from a lovely lady at my local doctors surgery to tell me that I would no longer be able to get anti-histamines on prescription. Why? Because I can get them over the counter. Well yes, technically, I CAN get antihistamines over the counter, but not the ones I am prescribed where I can get a box with lots in, and also stronger doses than the over the … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2018
UK asthma deaths amongst worst in Europe
Recently I was invited to speak on BBC West Midlands radio about a recent report detailing the number of deaths caused by asthma in the UK. Asthma UK said the death rate between 2011-15 was also almost 50 per cent higher here than the average on the continent. Only Serbia, Turkey, Estonia, Spain and Cyprus had worse rates. Around 1,400 people died from an asthma attack in … [Read more...]
10 more new tips to help you stop scratching eczema
I've talked about this in a previous blog post, 30 tips to help you stop scratching but there is one really important factor in all this and that's you. If you have things in your life that are stressing you, making you anxious, unhappy or scared... you need to fix those first. No amount of clever tactics will work until you sort out that stuff first. Trust me. It's taken me … [Read more...]