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Tue 05 May 2004Help yourself to breathe easilyBreathing, so immediately essential to life, must meet certain conditions and people with asthma need to know this more than most. Michelle McDonagh reportsImagine trying to breathe while a pillow is being pressed firmly over your face. That awful feeling is how somebody who suffers from asthma feels during an attack. If you don't have asthma, the imaginary pillow can be easily removed to allow you to breathe effortlessly, but for an asthmatic, a remedy is not so simple.