World Asthma Day
Asthma affects approximately 340 million people worldwide.
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By: Caroline Paré Follow
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A chronic disease, asthma affects approximately 340 million people.
It is characterized by recurrent attacks, where there is difficulty in breathing and wheezing.
While asthma can be controlled with medication, it is also possible to prevent attacks by identifying and avoiding what triggers them.
Publicity
How to recognize an asthma attack?
Can you control your asthma on a daily basis?
Prof. Bruno Housset,
president of the
Fondation du Souffle
and professor emeritus at the
Faculty of Medicine of Créteil
, in Val-de-Marne.
Dr Stéphane Adambounou
, pulmonologist and specialist in sleep-related respiratory pathologies, at
Lomé University Hospital
in Togo
On the eve of
World Asthma Day
, May 5, a campaign was launched to raise awareness of the dangers of poor disease control:
“
Test my asthma
”
.
People with asthma can check their disease control by taking
an online test
.
At the end of the program, we talk about the measles epidemic raging in the DRC with
Birgit Nikolay
, epidemiologist at
Epicenter
, satellite dedicated to epidemiology and research from
Médecins Sans Frontières
.
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