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WHAT’S YOUR ASTHMA REALITY?
Explore these key facts about asthma control and unique patient perspectives, which bring to life the reality of living with asthma.
This reality will be revealed in
October 2019
REALITY 1
Asthma flare-ups can be caused by multiple triggers, not just one source. They can also vary from patient to patient and change over time.1,2”
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This reality will be revealed in
November 2019
REALITY 2
Compared with patients with mild-to-moderate asthma, those with severe disease had a greater percentage of activity impairment at work (28% vs. 14%), at school (32% vs. 18%), and in daily activities (41% vs. 21%).3”
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This reality will be revealed in
December 2019
REALITY 3
Patients and physicians may have different definitions of control. Many patients considered their asthma well controlled if each year, they had only two urgent doctor visits, three or four flare-ups, and/or one emergency room visit.4,5”
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This reality will be revealed in
January 2020
REALITY 4
When asthma is well controlled, people rarely experience symptoms during the day or night, need rescue medication more than twice a week or have limitations to their daily activity due to the condition.6”
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This reality will be revealed in
February 2020
REALITY 5
More than half of people with asthma do not think their asthma control can be improved.7,8”
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This reality will be revealed in
March 2020
REALITY 6
An asthma action plan can help you control your asthma: 90% of people living with asthma who use an asthma action plan describe it as useful.7”
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Moving the future of asthma forward, together
Working together, we can bring more awareness to severe asthma,
illuminate the latest science and
empower people to take action
to strive for better asthma control.
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