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help with asthma and working in a laboratory

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i have asthma and recently i started my dream job which was working in laboratory. but the fumes of chemicals and fumes that comes after sterilizing filtering equipment really made my asthma worse in a month and i had to increase my inhaler dose. i would like to hear some opinion from asthmatic people working in lab. is it same for you? if not, what kind of lab you work at? any suggestion? do i have to give up my dream of working in lab? please help. thank you.

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Good Morning jadiieee151, you should discuss this with your GP and Occupational Health department (if you have one). Please have a read of our occupational asthma webpage it should have some helpful information for you 👍😊

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