Health News: Key to Managing Asthma, According to New Study
In the Philippines,
the National and Health Nutrition Survey states that the overall prevalence of
asthma was estimated at 8.7% based on wheezing for the past 12 months. And
according to the 2017 WHO data, asthma deaths in the country reached over
13,000.
According to this
research, “New
Versus Old: The Impact of Changing Patterns of Inhaled Corticosteroid
Prescribing and Dosing Regimens in Asthma Management” by Professor Dave
Singh, daily usage of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) or maintenance inhalers,
addresses both the evident and underlying asthma symptoms that patients
experience, decreasing the number and severity of their asthma attacks. This
also solves the tendency of patients' over-reliance or under-reliance on their
needed medication.
“When it comes to asthma, poor patient perception is a serious risk. The belief that patients usually have is that their condition is not as serious as it actually is. When in reality, they are already experiencing underlying complications, such as airway inflammation, airway remodeling, decreased lung function, and bronchial hyperreactivity,” says Dr. Gyneth Bibera, Country Medical Director of GlaxoSmithKline Philippines Inc. “The underestimation of their disease's severity often leads to complacency, assuming that they only need treatment to react to symptoms when experienced. What this does is heightens the risk of asthma attacks, emergency hospital visits, a decreased quality of life, or even death.”
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