Durga Prasad, an 80-year-old farmer, was resting under the shade of a tree in front of his home when the party workers came. An app on their smartphones could tell them in an instant who Prasad was, whom he might vote for – and why he should be grateful to India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi.
Asthma is most often treated with reliever and preventer inhalers, and sometimes, pills, although severe asthma can be treated with biologics, which are often given via injections. — TNS
As with most chronic diseases, empowering patients and their carers or loved ones with the right education to manage the disease goes a long way in ensuring optimal outcomes.It is a chronic disease that affects the airways in our lungs. As a consequence of the airway swelling, patients may find themselves more sensitive to changes in the environment , with symptoms such as coughing, the more classical wheezing, and in worst-case scenarios, difficulty breathing.The National Review of Asthma DeathsIt involved in-depth scrutiny of the asthma care for 276 people who were deemed to have died because of asthma.Potentially preventable factors were identified in two-thirds of the cases.
For a minority of patients with severe asthma, inhaler use may be insufficient and they may require the use of a group of medications known as biologics. Despite being prioritised in the World Health Organization’s Global Action Plan for Non-Communicable Diseases , asthma and other chronic lung diseases are given far less weightage in Malaysia as compared to other NCDs such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and cancer.
Such a database would help ensure that those who require biologics would have access to it, especially as this group of medications is not cheap and is often not covered under insurance packages.We have come a long way in the management of asthma, but more can be done to improve the lives of patients.
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