What is occupational Asthma?

What is occupational asthma?

In a single year up to 3,000 people develop asthma because they have been exposed to dangerous substances at work.  This is called occupational asthma. 

It can take weeks, months and sometimes years for occupational asthma to develop.

Current figures suggest that there are 750,000 asthma sufferers who find that things at work make their asthma worse. Aggravation of an asthmatic condition may mean that a person is entitled to compensation.

Developed occupational asthma?

If you think that you may have breathing problems because of work you should ask yourself:

• are your symptoms worse during the working week, at work or after work?
• do your symptoms get worse after work or is your sleep disturbed during the night?
• do your symptoms get better when you are away from work for a number of days (eg when you are on holiday)?

If so then you may have an occupational asthma claim

To arrange a free 'no obligation' discussion with an occupational asthma solicitor click here or call us on 0800 0384 384. We are available to take your call twenty four hours a day, seven days a week.