After His Pharmacy Asthma Health Check, Jack Now Breathes in like Beckham!

Jack had been struggling to cope with his asthma recently, which was stopping him from playing football at school properly. We had taken him to the doctors, but he's always struggled to press the button on inhalers and breathe in at the same time, which means most of the inhaler's gas just stays in his mouth and he's not breathing in the full dose. This then stops him from playing football for long because his asthma kicks in and he starts wheezing and getting out of breath.

Thankfully our local pharmacy was a great help. We popped in one day and saw a leaflet on their asthma health check service. After filling in a few questions in the leaflet about Jack's asthma we then had a chat with the pharmacist in a private room.

We had a chat about what medication Jack was taking and how we managed his asthma and I mentioned how he struggled to use his inhaler properly. The pharmacist suggested we tried using a long plastic tube which Jack puffs his inhaler into before taking deep breaths at the other end. The pharmacist also gave us an action plan for monitoring whether Jack is using his medication properly in the future.

Thanks to the pharmacy's asthma health check service and the time the pharmacist took to talk to us, Jack can now enjoy playing football with his friends at school. I keep telling him that with his inhaler he breathes like Beckham, and might also play for England someday too!