Talk:Asthma

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August 11, 2005Peer reviewReviewed
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Editing Request

The National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP) of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) recommends that asthma treatment incorporates various methods, such as asthma monitoring, patient and family education, the removal of environmental triggers, and/or the use of long-term and quick-relief medication.

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References

  1. ^ Anise, Ayodola; Hasnain-Wynia, Romana (December 2016). "Patient-centered outcomes research to improve asthma outcomes". Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 138 (6): 1503–1510. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaci.2016.10.003. {{cite journal}}: Check |doi= value (help); External link in |doi= (help)

Help me edit the introductory section to Asthma

This statement appears in the top section of the Asthma page:

"There is no known cure for asthma, but it is easily treatable.[3]"

I could not find a way to edit it myself, hence I am requesting you to consider an edit I cannot make. The phrase - "easily treatable" - is technically correct but misleading. It is true that asthma is treatable, and most of the treatments are "easy" unless one acknowledges that many people have trouble with inhaler technique. However, the statement implies that asthma treatment is also universally effective and this is far from the case. Later in the page I added information to illustrate this.

It turns out there is evidence for a known cure for some forms of asthma, which I will address on the 'Chlamydia pneumoniae' page. However, this topic is still very controversial so I am not dealing with it directly on the asthma page, except to explain why I suggest altering the statement to read:

"The current consensus is that there is no known cure for asthma, and many efficacious treatments are available that have variable effectiveness."