Steroids found in inhalers put asthma sufferers at risk of pneumonia, reveals study

Asthma sufferers may be at risk of pneumonia if they use an inhaler.

Their risk of being hospitalised with the potentially fatal complication is 83 per cent higher than non-inhaler users’.

Breathing in the steroids found in inhalers is thought to be to blame.

Around 5.4 million people in the UK are being treated for asthma.

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