‘ You Can Control Your Asthma’, this year’s theme for the World Asthma Day which is celebrated on first Tuesday of May every year . Keeping the primary objectives in the highlight, this year, World Asthma Day is focusing on self-management as an important factor to reduce the global burden of asthma. But in reality, anxiety and depression in the patient suffering from asthma are exhibiting negative impact on self-management of asthma. The situation can be improved by patient awareness and education. This article is discussing on few points related to asthma education for better self-management.
WHO estimates that around 235 million are currently suffering from asthma. It is also a common disease in children. Most of the asthmatic children develop symptoms before the age of five. And around two third of the total asthmatic population have diagnosed it before the age of eighteen. Asthma…
