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You’ve been prescribed an inhaler for the first time, during Haze. Are you now an Asthmatic?

You’ve never needed an inhaler. You don’t have asthma or normally experience breathing difficulties. But during this hazy period, after seeing a doctor for breathing difficulties and throat irritation, you’re prescribed one – probably the blue inhaler. Why? Does this mean you’re asthmatic? Daniel Martin spoke to Dr Alvin Ng, Respiratory Physician and Intensivist at O2 Lung Centre, to find out.

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