AN ESTIMATED 334 MILLION PEOPLE ARE LIVING WITH ASTHMA WORLDWIDE
70% OF PATIENTS COMPROMISE
THEIR DAILY ACTIVITIES TO
ACCOMMODATE SEVERE ASTHMA
5-10% OF ALL ASTHMA
PATIENTS ARE AFFECTED
BY SEVERE ASTHMA
IT IS 5 TIMES MORE
EXPENSIVE TO TREAT
SEVERE ASTHMA
WHAT IS SEVERE ASTHMA?
Severe asthma is a life-threatening condition that can affect your entire life by forcing you to make unwanted changes to your daily activities. If you have severe asthma, you will experience a frequent and severe worsening of asthma symptoms (asthma attacks/flare-ups) despite taking multiple high-dose inhalers. These attacks or flare-ups often occur more than once per year and require steroid tablets or use of emergency services or hospitalization.
WHAT NEXT?
If you think you might have severe asthma, you should see your doctor. They may refer you to a specialist. A specialist may run some tests to see if you have severe asthma. If you have severe asthma, your doctor or specialist may be able to help you reduce your symptoms and improve your life.
6 GUIDING PRINCIPLES
These principles set out to define what patients should expect for the management of their severe asthma and what should constitute a basic standard of care, in line with the latest science and best practice understanding from existing severe asthma care services.
I DESERVE
a timely, straight forward referral when my severe asthma cannot be managed in primary care.
I DESERVE
a timely, formal diagnosis of my severe asthma by an expert team.
I DESERVE
support to understand my type of severe asthma.
I DESERVE
care that reduces the impact of severe asthma on my daily life and improves my overall quality of care.
I DESERVE
not to be reliant on oral corticosteroids.
I DESERVE
to access consistent quality care, regardless of where I live or where I choose to access it.
These guiding principles are from our Charter to Improve Patient Care in Severe Asthma.
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