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People Whose Asthma Ends up Limiting Their Daily Activities Might Actually Have a Severe Form
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MORE THAN 20-MILLION PEOPLE IN THE U-S HAVE ASTHMA. AND, UP TO 10-PERCENT OF THEM HAVE A SEVERE FORM.
DOCTOR DAVID SLADE--PULMONOLOGIST AND NATIONAL
ASTHMA-EXPERT, AT "GLAXO-SMITH-KLINE"...
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"ASTHMA CHANGES OVER TIME.
AND, PEOPLE OFTEN DON'T REALIZE IT--UNTIL IT STARTS TO IMPACT THE THINGS [THAT] THEY DO EACH DAY.
WHEN PATIENTS TELL ME [THAT] THEY WORRY ABOUT DOING HOUSEHOLD-CHORES, RUNNING ERRANDS, OR TAKING A
WALK--BECAUSE THEY FEAR ANOTHER ASTHMA-ATTACK--I REFER TO THAT AS THEIR 'ASTHMA
A-HA!'-MOMENT: THE REALIZATION THAT THEY MAY NEED TO RETHINK THEIR ASTHMA, AND SEEK HELP.
IF SHORTNESS-OF-BREATH, WHEEZING, OR COUGHING IS CAUSING YOU TO LIMIT EVERYDAY ACTIVITIES, IT COULD BE DUE TO UNCONTROLLED OR SEVERE ASTHMA:
GETTING THE RIGHT TREATMENT--AT THE RIGHT TIME--IS IMPORTANT, BECAUSE REPEATED FLARE-UPS COULD LEAD TO LUNG-DAMAGE.
IF YOU'RE TAKING MEDICATIONS--BUT STILL EXPERIENCE FLARE-UPS--TALK WITH YOUR DOCTOR, ABOUT HOW ASTHMA IS AFFECTING YOUR LIFE."
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MAY IS "NATIONAL ASTHMA- AND ALLERGY-AWARENESS
MONTH": IF YOU'VE HAD AN "ASTHMA A-HA!"-MOMENT, VISIT
"ASTHMA"-DOT-COM; DOWNLOAD THE
"ASTHMA E-GUIDE" FOR QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR DOCTOR, TO GAIN BETTER CONTROL AND TRACK YOUR ASTHMA.
