[Comment] After asthma: airways diseases need a new name and a revolution

Asthma remains a frightening diagnosis with an unclear prognosis and outcome. The estimated global burden of asthma is substantial1 and reductions in mortality from asthma have stalled since 2006, with wide variations between countries.2 Causes are multifactorial, triggers and symptoms are varied, and the disease course over a lifetime is unpredictable. Severity can fluctuate with sudden asthma attacks leading to death in previously well controlled patients or those with very few symptoms on no medication.
Source: LANCET - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Comment Source Type: research