Sentences with phrase «most severe asthma»

In general, the much stronger oral steroids are given to children for only brief periods of time to combat the most severe asthma symptoms — especially those that might require hospitalizations.

These patients often suffer from the most severe asthma symptoms and can only be treated through steroid - based medications such as prednisone.

Not exact matches

Most cases of asthma are mild, not severe, and can be safely managed with medicine.

Professor Bradding, who is a Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Leicester and Consultant Respiratory Physician at Leicester's Hospitals, said: «The most exciting thing about finding these biological variations underpinning the differences between mild asthma and moderate and severe asthma is that the statistical methods if further developed could lead to the development of new, targeted treatments for subtypes of asthma, thus allowing the right asthma treatments to be matched to different patients.

deCODE's pharmacogenomic research is particularly vital in the near term because glucocorticoids, which represent one of the most widely - used and powerful treatments for asthma, can also have severe side - effects, particularly in children.

These drugs are effective on all forms of asthma, from the mildest to the most severe.