She says: “Since being diagnosed with asthma 15 years ago, I’d never had an attack. I took my medication and it worked, so I never carried a relief spray for emergencies.

“But on this occasion I took a painkiller with a cup of coffee. Within a few minutes, I was gasping for breath in the doorway of the shop. It was terrible, and it was a good half an hour before I started to feel better.”

Now fully aware of the risks, mother-of-three Linda, a hairdresser, says: “I check anything I take very carefully.”

- Aspirin asthma alert, Daily Mail, April 21, 2011.

About the author:

Zhang Xin is Trainer at chinadaily.com.cn. He has been with China Daily since 1988, when he graduated from Beijing Foreign Studies University. Write him at: zhangxin@chinadaily.com.cn, or raise a question for potential use in a future column.

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