Dr. Aggarwal said that all asthmatics should keep their asthma under control to live a better quality of life. He said that two formulas can help in this regard:
1. Formula of 2 tells whether a person needs continuous treatment or only when an asthma attack comes. As per formula of 2, if a person needs asthma drugs more than twice a week during day time, more than twice in a month during night or consumes more than two inhalers in a year, then the person requires treatment of asthma on continuous basis and is said to have persistent asthma otherwise a person can take asthma treatment on or as and when required basis. http://www.emedinews.org/
2. The second formula is – how a person speaks during asthma attack. This can decide the severity of asthma. If a person is able to speak full sentence during asthma attack, he is suffering from mild asthma and can be treated as an outpatient. But, if the person breaks a sentence during an attack of asthma then he is suffering from moderate asthma and requires hospitalization and aggressive treatment. http://blog.kkaggarwal.com/
On the contrary, if a person breaks every word which he speaks during an attack of asthma, he is suffering from severe asthma and invariably the patient requires hospitalization and intensive care. http://www.emedinews.org/
