A pharmacist has urged those who have been diagnosed with asthma or hay fever to "stay indoors" during thunderstorms, amid an spike of 'thunderstorm asthma' attacks.
The UK Health and Security Agency reported last week that there had been a sharp increase in thunderstorm-related emergency admittances to hospital, which equaled the peak of winter.
Thunderstorm asthma happens during high humidity and strong winds, as electrical charges in thunderstorms rupture pollen grains into smaller particles, causing a "pollen burst," Abbas Kanani, pharmacist at Chemist Click Online Pharmacy, explains.
