The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 270 No 7246 p566
26 April 2003

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Gap in asthma knowledge

A persistent night-time cough is not widely recognised as a common symptom of asthma, a new survey suggests.

Out of 2,000 people interviewed, 42 per cent did not realise that a cough that is worse at night or in the early morning is a common symptom of poorly controlled asthma. The survey, conducted in January on behalf of Boots and the National Asthma Campaign, also revealed that most people think asthma is a condition only associated with childhood. Only 4 per cent of those surveyed thought that asthma was common among those aged 50 years and over.