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   Can asthma be controlled?

   • Inhaled medication can control asthma symptoms and allow people with asthma to lead a normal, active life. Avoiding asthma triggers can also help to reduce asthma symptoms. Most asthma-related deaths occur in low- and lower-middle-income countries, where under-diagnosis and under-treatment is a challenge.

   Asthma - World Health Organization (WHO)

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   Is there a cure for asthma?

   • There's currently no cure for asthma, but treatment can help control the symptoms so you're able to live a normal, active life. Inhalers, which are devices that let you breathe in medicine, are the main treatment. Tablets and other treatments may also be needed if your asthma is severe.

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   What are the treatment options for severe asthma?

   • Other treatments, such as injections or surgery, are rarely needed, but may be recommended if all other treatments are not helping. For some people with severe asthma, injections of medicines called biologic therapies are given every few weeks. These can help to control the symptoms.

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   How do you treat an asthma attack?

   • If you do have an asthma attack, the first line of treatment is your blue reliever inhaler. This can quickly get symptoms under control. If you need to be treated in hospital for an asthma attack, you’ll be treated with higher doses of reliever medicine. Sometimes this will be given through a nebuliser.

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   How does asthma treatment work?

   • Asthma treatment serves two main purposes: long-term control and short-term symptom relief. Here are some of the asthma drugs your doctor could include in your asthma action plan: Inhalers. These portable devices deliver a premeasured dose of asthma medicine into your lungs. You hold the J-shaped pumps to your mouth and press down on the canister.

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   What does who do about asthma?

   • WHO is committed to improving the diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of asthma to reduce the global burden of NCDs and make progress towards universal health coverage. Asthma is a chronic lung disease affecting people of all ages. It is caused by inflammation and muscle tightening around the airways, which makes it harder to breathe.

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   Asthma attacks. There's currently no cure for asthma, but treatment can help control the symptoms so you're able to live a normal, active life. Inhalers, which are devices that let you breathe in medicine, are the main treatment. Tablets and other treatments may also be needed if your asthma is severe. You'll usually create a personal action ...

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   Feb 1, 2019 · There’s no cure for asthma. However, it’s a highly treatable disease. In fact, some doctors say today’s asthma treatments are so effective, many people have near-complete control of their ...

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   There’s no cure for asthma, but with the right treatments and support most people can get on with their lives without symptoms. The aim of asthma treatment is to control symptoms, improve lung function, and prevent asthma attacks .

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   Dec 15, 2023 · Major breakthrough for severe asthma treatment. Friday 15 December 2023. A landmark study has shown that severe asthma can be controlled using biologic therapies, without the addition of regular high-dose inhaled steroids which can have significant side effects. The findings from the multinational SHAMAL study, published in The Lancet ...

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   May 6, 2024 · Treatment. Asthma cannot be cured but there are several treatments available. The most common treatment is to use an inhaler, which delivers medication directly to the lungs. Inhalers can help control the disease and enable people with asthma to enjoy a normal, active life. There are two main types of inhaler:

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   Oct 18, 2021 · An asthma sufferer using an inhaler. Credit: Yui Mok/PA Archive/PA Images The criteria for accessing the drug includes only patients who have severe asthma with type 2 inflammation, who meet an ...

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   Oct 18, 2024 · allergy tests – to check if your asthma is linked to allergies like dust mites, pollen, or food; Treatment for asthma. There is no cure for asthma but there are treatments that can help: prevent future symptoms and attacks; relieve your symptoms; Most people will take medications once or twice daily, usually using an inhaler.