Three quarters of all asthmatics risk of dying, because people mistakenly believe that the control of their disease. K such a sad conclusion reached by researchers from the British Allergy Association UK.
Asthma inhaler
Asthma is a inflammatory disease of the air passages, causing their constriction. Exactly so patients enjoy a special inhaler, by which they keep air passages open. If the disease is controlled satisfactory, asthmatic not require more than one month in an inhaler. Alas, study the health status of 464 patients with asthma found that three a quarter of them are likely to die due to heavy
asthma attacks It has been mistakenly believe that it is kept under control.
From asthma in the UK It affects about 4 million people, but 2, 7 million are at particular risk. About half of them still suffer from shortness of breath and wheezing by 45%, and this despite the medication. In addition, more than half of those who believe his asthma "mild or moderate" received oral prescription steroids in the past year. And the use of this class of drugs shows that the disease is not "under control", when in fact steroids asthma applied only in exceptional cases with the most severe exacerbation.
"Asthma is a murderer, and every day it takes about three human life in our country - says Lindsay McManus from Allergy UK. - Shocking our results show that we constantly hear from our hotlines. People ignore the warning signs and continue to use drugs that do not cure the inflammation. They do not understand that bring upon a huge risk of becoming a victim of a fatal asthma attack ". (READ MORE)
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