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Diagnosing asthma relies on several key items. The patient’s history of symptoms, physical, spirometry, assessment of airway inflammation and airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR). None of these in isolation is enough to properly diagnose asthma. Spirometry...
Objective testing is the foundation of accurate asthma diagnosis and effective long-term management. Yet it remains underused, increasing the risk of both overtreatment and undertreatment.1 When a patient does not respond as expected, escalating medication without...
For many patients, asthma symptoms are not driven by airway inflammation alone. Obesity can influence lung mechanics, systemic inflammation, medication response, and overall disease burden. Asthma is a common chronic disease, affecting approximately 26 million people...
Treating asthma has changed dramatically over the past few decades. The widespread adoption of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) in the 1990s allowed symptom control and the prevention of exacerbations to become central goals of asthma management. The introduction of...
Remission – the act or process of remitting1 Remit – to lay aside partly or wholly1 Is asthma remission possible? This is a topic currently being investigated in pulmonary circles. There is not a universal definition of asthma remission. Typically, remission includes...
For the past two months, this blog has opened with: “How often do you think about breathing? Probably not too often—unless you find yourself struggling to breathe. Then breathing is all you can focus on.” Our breathing pattern is shaped by many factors, including...