It calls for more research to examine the sex-related differences in the common lung condition.
Poppy Hadkinson, 30, had regular asthma attacks and was ventilated four times during her teens.
"It was an ongoing battle for years, since I started puberty really," she says.
"Originally, I was given traditional treatment of inhalers, steroids, antibiotics. I tried pretty much everything but nothing was controlling it.
"I felt breathless with no reprieve for days and weeks. I felt like I was breathing through a straw."
[size=16]Ms Hadkinson recalls that when she was last in intensive care in 2013, she asked her mum for "dry shampoo and a new pair of lungs", before she was put in an induced coma for around a week.
The 30-year-old TV presenter's asthma is now under control. She gets a monthly injection of drugs at a specialist centre for severe asthma, which she says has been life-changing.
"Within eight weeks of having the drug, my whole world changed. I am now on no other medication except two inhalers," she says.[/size]
Poppy Hadkinson, 30, had regular asthma attacks and was ventilated four times during her teens.
'I felt like I was breathing through a straw'
"It was an ongoing battle for years, since I started puberty really," she says.
"Originally, I was given traditional treatment of inhalers, steroids, antibiotics. I tried pretty much everything but nothing was controlling it.
"I felt breathless with no reprieve for days and weeks. I felt like I was breathing through a straw."
[size=16]Ms Hadkinson recalls that when she was last in intensive care in 2013, she asked her mum for "dry shampoo and a new pair of lungs", before she was put in an induced coma for around a week.
The 30-year-old TV presenter's asthma is now under control. She gets a monthly injection of drugs at a specialist centre for severe asthma, which she says has been life-changing.
"Within eight weeks of having the drug, my whole world changed. I am now on no other medication except two inhalers," she says.[/size]