如果你曾呼吸短促或胸闷,那可能是因为...

Asthma is a common condition which affects about 5 million people in the UK. It causes sensitivity to the airways, which can lead to difficulty in breathing, but with a good asthma action plan it can be well controlled.

哮喘是一种常见疾病，500万英国人正遭受哮喘的折磨。哮喘会导致气道敏感，从而导致呼吸困难，但制定良好的哮喘行动方案则有助于控制哮喘。

The Daily Mirror has teamed up with LloydsPharmacy for its Need-to-know health campaign which aims to make patients more aware of a range of conditions that can be treated with the help of their local pharmacist - and to make the pharmacy their first point of call.

《每日镜报》与LloydsPharmacy合作开展了Need-to-know健康活动，旨在使病人更了解在当地药剂师的帮助下可以治疗的一系列疾病--使药房成为他们的首选之地。

Here, Mirror health correspondent Martin Bagot talks to LloydsPharmacy pharmacist Anshu Bhimbat to discuss asthma's symptoms, how to manage the condition and the mistakes people living with asthma often make.

在此，Mirror的健康记者马汀·巴戈特和LloydsPharmacy的药剂师Anshu Bhimbat展开了对话，谈论哮喘症的症状、如何管理病情，以及哮喘患者常犯的几个错误。

How does asthma impact on people's lives day to day?

哮喘如何影响人们的日常生活？

Asthma is chronic inflammation of the airways - symptoms will include shortness of breath, a tight chest, and general uneasiness linked to the respiratory system. The symptoms can persist during the day and that can interrupt your work pattern and if a child is living with asthma and at school it can cause an interruption to that too.

哮喘是气道的慢性炎症--症状包括呼吸短促、胸闷、与呼吸系统相关的不适。这些症状可能在白天持续存在，可能会打断你的工作模式，如果小孩子患有哮喘，那也有可能中断上学。

It's really important to consider the symptoms. If these are recurring so it is interrupting your day to day life, then it could be a reflection of poor asthma control and therefore we would need to investigate that further.

考虑这些症状非常重要。如果症状反复出现，那么就会打扰你的日常生活，而这可能是哮喘控制不佳的反映，因此我们需要进一步调查。

What are the common mistakes which people make in dealing with and treating asthma?

治疗哮喘病时，人们经常犯哪些错误？

There are a number of common mistakes that we do find when we review patients' medication. The main one is inhaler technique. Obviously, patients living with asthma do get prescribed inhalers and it's important to take your inhaler correctly so we would sit down with a patient and go through their inhaler technique.

当我们检查患者的药物时，我们的确会发现一些常见的错误。其中主要的错误是吸入器使用技术。显然，哮喘患者确实买了处方吸入器，但正确使用吸入器也十分重要，所以我们会坐下来与患者过一遍如何使用吸入器。

Most asthmatics commonly struggle with inhaler technique. It's important to take your inhalers, your reliever and your preventer, as recommended. Sometimes patients will place their inhalers by their toothbrush to remind them to take their inhalers.

大多数哮喘患者通常不知该如何正确使用吸入器。根据建议使用吸入器、缓解器和预防器是十分重要的。有时候患者会将吸入器放在牙刷旁，提醒自己记得使用。