Asthma ‘being badly controlled’
Many asthma sufferers are having their condition poorly controlled, it has been claimed.
According to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology in Seattle, a high proportion of patients visiting their doctor for other reasons are not receiving adequate attention for their asthma.
Dr. Richard H Stanford from GlaxoSmithKline and his colleagues found that 48 per cent of patients seeing their doctor for other reasons had asthma that was not well controlled.
Speaking to Reuters Health, Dr Stanford said primary care doctors should assess their practices with asthma patients to ensure that they receive the best possible treatment.
Dr Gailen D Marshall of the University of Mississippi, Jackson, called the findings "very important".
"This study reemphasizes that in primary care practices there are a lot of not well-controlled asthma patients…and patients don’t even realize they have not well controlled asthma," he said.
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