Asthma
Five million
people in the UK are affected by asthma, and although in
most the disease is well-controlled, there are still
some 1,500 deaths from this disease per annum in
Britain. In people with bad disease, it can be markedly
limiting, with effects on exercise, lifestyle, and
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Hospital care is needed for bad acute
exacerbations, and hospital outpatient care is often very useful for those in
whom good asthma control has been hard to establish in community care (at the
GP).
We provide asthma care in
the outpatient setting through many of our
general respiratory clinics, and often use a multidisciplinary approach,
particularly with help from our very experienced respiratory specialist nurses. Several consultants also have a specific interest in asthma, and the Trust
provides a specialised clinic for patients with very severe asthma. This service
again uses a strong multidisciplinary approach, in which our specialist nurses
play a major role, and with help and support from the Lung Function teams,
physiotherapy, speech therapy, and many other specialists as needed. We use a
range of new and established treatments to help manage severe disease, and are
always seeking ways to improve and develop our services to asthma services.
For more information
about the diagnosis and management of asthma please visit
Asthma UK.
The subspeciality lead for Asthma is
Professor Ian Sabroe. Please
contact him directly for further information.
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