Will I need to be on asthma medications forever?
Most likely yes, although the specific meds and doses may evolve over time. If your asthma is well-controlled, you may need less medication than when you were first diagnosed, for example. It’s also not unusual for childhood asthma symptoms to wane or even disappear during adolescence and young adulthood, but then return later in life. Women who have asthma may also find that their symptoms improve or worsen during pregnancy and menopause.
Is surgery ever used to treat asthma?
Only very rarely and it’s really more of a procedure than actual surgery. In cases of severe uncontrolled asthma with evidence of longstanding irreversible changes to the airways, a procedure known as bronchial thermoplasty may be done. It involves inserting a tube known as a bronchoscope through the nose or mouth down into the lungs. Then thermal energy is delivered into the airways to reduce the swelling and thickness of the smooth muscles that are const
Dr Syed Mudasir Qadri, an Associate Professor of Internal and Pulmonary Medicine at the SKIMS, Srinagar has been in the thick of the fight against the Coronavirus pandemic since the contagion flew to Srinagar.
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SRINAGAR: “Corona positive cases are coming down and the curve has started to flatten which implies that Kashmir has been successful to a great extent in controlling the Covid-19 disease”, said Dr Syed Mudasir Qadri, Associate Professor, Internal and Pulmonary Medicine, SKIMS, Soura.