How you could be allergic to your glass of wine - and it can even cause difficulties breathing

As I climbed the steps that lead up from my local beach, I had a sudden revelation: I wasn't wheezing and nor was I breathless. Normally, after such a climb, I'd be feeling it in my lungs, breathing heavily, chest tight, but I was absolutely fine.

But despite literally taking a clean sweep to my home and buying an air purifier, my symptoms didn't really improve much. 'Asthma is a lung condition caused by inflammation of the airways, and can be set off by a number of things, most commonly pollens, pollution and viruses,' explains Dr Andrew Wittamore, asthma specialist and clinical lead for Asthma and Lung UK, who is also a GP in Portsmouth.

'When the airways become inflamed, the muscle around the bronchial tubes contracts and narrows the airways. Some asthmatics find the sulphites and histamines in alcohol also make them more susceptible to other triggers, such as smoke or pollen.' 'Around two per cent of the 'normal' population have a sulphite allergy, but around 15 per cent of asthmatics find sulphites constrict their airways,' she says.

'For instance, they may be sitting in a pub garden having a drink after walking in the countryside and have a reaction, but think it was something in their surroundings that triggered it.' READ MORE: Should we let children drink booze at home? As shock report names Britain as worst country in the world for child alcohol use, two mothers debate the pros and cons of an age-old question...

So better still is 'sulphite-free' wine, which contains less than 10 parts of sulphites per million parts of alcohol. Sulphite-free wine is now readily available from supermarkets, including Aldi, Sainsbury's and Waitrose.

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