Asthma can be controlled.
Anyone can get asthma, although it tends to run in families.
For unknown reasons, this disease is becoming more widespread.
In 2001, 20.3 million Americans had asthma, and 12 million had had an asthma attack
in the previous year. About 5,000 Americans die each year from asthma.
If a person has a parent with asthma, he or she is three to six
times more likely to develop asthma than is a person who does not have a parent with asthma.
Many older adults have asthma. Some people develop it late in life. For others,
it may be a continuing problem from younger years. The cause is not known.
Asthma should not limit your enjoyment of life, no matter what your age.
When you work with Doctor Pinna, your asthma can be controlled so that
you can do the things you enjoy. You can control your asthma and avoid an attack by
taking your medicine as prescribed and avoiding the triggers that can cause an attack.
The important thing to remember is that asthma is a "variable" disease.
In other words, the symptoms can vary from person to person,
and even the same person's condition may fluctuate throughout the year.
Approximately 20.3 million people in the US have been diagnosed with asthma,
with at least 6.3 million of them children under the age of 18.
Studies have shown that asthma is the most common cause of childhood hospitalizations under the age of 15.
