'Opening a book could kill me': English student is forced to drop out of university because of potentially fatal dust allergy

ENGLAND: An English student has been forced to drop out of university because she has a potentially deadly allergy to books. Kirsty Ashman’s severe allergies meant that grubby student accommodation and dusty lecture halls and could have killed her.

The 22-year-old ended up in hospital after trying to study in the library because dusty books triggered a severe asthma attack. And after trying to study at two universities, Ms Ashman has been forced to give up her dream of becoming an English teacher.

Ms Ashman, from Haverhill, Suffolk, said: ‘I was desperate to get a degree and finish my studies, but I had to put my health first.

‘My allergies grew so bad that I lived in fear of libraries and common rooms as even a small inhalation of dust could bring on an asthma attack which would completely shut down my airways.

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