Background Asthma affects an estimated 300 million people worldwide. Poor compliance with prescribed medication leads to increased morbidity and mortality. The number of asthma cases has more than doubled since 1980 and, nearly 3 million workdays are lost annually due to asthma exacerbations. Non-compliance with therapy is a major impediment to effective asthma management and can lead to failur...

Asthma is an inflammatory respiratory disease caused by narrowed airways resulting in wheezing, shortness of breath, and chest pain. Knowledge asthma essential to prevent recurrence, so patients can avoid precipitating factors that cause recurrence. This study aims describe the knowledge about prevention recurrence patients. descriptive used accidental sampling technique involved 41 treated at ...

Background: Considering the prevalence and associated burden of disease due to bronchial asthma, it is mandatory to obtain an optimal control of the disease and to improve outcomes for these patients. Asthma control and treatment compliance are widely investigated issues around the world. But it has been observed that there is very poor adherence to the inhalational therapy which leads to the s...

Smokers with asthma have poor symptom control, accelerated decline in lung function and an attenuated response to corticosteroids compared to nonsmokers with asthma [1]. There is an unmet need for alternative or additional drugs for smokers with asthma who are unable to stop smoking [2]. Macrolide antibiotics have anti-inflammatory activity [3] and in clinical studies there is good evidence for...

Management-related issues are an important aspect of monitoring asthma in children in clinical practice. This review summarises the literature on practical aspects of monitoring including adherence to treatment, inhalation technique, ongoing exposure to allergens and irritants, comorbid conditions and side-effects of treatment, as agreed by the European Respiratory Society Task Force on Monitor...

Background and Aim: Asthma is a common and chronic disease of respiratory tracts. The best way to treat Asthma is to control it. Experts of this field suggest the continues monitoring on Asthma symptoms and adjustment of self-care plan with offering the preventive treatment program to have desired control over Asthma. Presenting these plans by the physician is set based on the control level in ...

BACKGROUND Poor asthma control observed in several surveys may be related to a lack of systematic assessment by physicians and/or to patient underestimation of symptoms. Along this line, the purpose of this study was to investigate the level of asthma control in patients attending the GP office for different reasons, either for renewal of drug prescription or for worsening of asthma symptoms. ...

BACKGROUND Previous Thai surveys of asthma care have shown suboptimal management and poor control. Since then several editions of the Thailand National Asthma Guidelines have been distributed to help improve asthma control. A new survey was undertaken to see if any improvement in care had occurred. It examined patients' insights, attitudes and perceptions about their asthma and its treatment. ...

Severe asthma with fungal sensitisation (SAFS) is characterized by poor symptoms control and frequent hospital admissions for exacerbations despite treatment with high dose inhaled steroids, long-acting beta-2 agonists and leukotriene receptor antagonists. Treatment with oral steroids is usually necessary and courses of antifungal therapy may improve asthma symptoms. We report a case refractory...

Asthma is usually easy to manage, but approximately 5% of patients are not controlled even on high doses of inhaled corticosteroids. It is important to assess these patients carefully in order to identify whether there are any correctable factors that may contribute to their poor control. It is critical to make a diagnosis of asthma and to exclude other airway diseases, particularly chronic obs...