Winchester Coroners Court
A WINCHESTER woman died after a condition "uncommon in the UK" caused her health complications.
Margaret Dawkins, 76, was diagnosed with extrinsic allergic alveolitis in 2012 – a lung disorder that leads to respiratory difficulties.
An inquest heard that on August 28 2020, the Woolford Close resident died at Royal Hampshire County Hospital.
Area coroner Jason Pegg told the hearing: "This condition is quite uncommon in the UK. Over 300 things that Ms Dawkins had breathed in her life were listed by doctors as what could have caused the condition."
Figures show that in 60 per cent of extrinsic allergic alveolitis cases, the cause is never identified.