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  • What is Severe Asthma?
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    • Monoclonal Antibodies
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    • Overview
    • Pulmonary & Upper Airways
      • Allergic & Non-Allergic Rhinitis
      • Chronic Rhinosinusitis
      • Dysfunctional Breathing
      • Vocal Cord Dysfunction
      • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
      • Bronchiectasis
      • Obstructive Sleep Apnoea
    • Extra-Pulmonary
      • Obesity
      • Anxiety & Depression
      • Gastro-oesophageal Reflux Disease (GORD)
      • Osteoporosis
      • Cardiovascular Disease & Metabolic Disease
  • Living with Severe Asthma
    • Overview
    • Daily Symptom Burden
    • Mental & Emotional Health
    • Intimacy & Relationships
    • Self-Management Support
    • Medication Use & Costs
    • Experience of Care
    • Experience of Asthma Attacks
    • Prognosis
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    • Overview
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  • Paediatrics
    • Overview
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    • Assessment in Paediatrics
    • Alternative Diagnosis & Co-Morbidities in Paediatrics
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Prognosis

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Severe Asthma Prognosis

People with severe asthma will often be concerned about the long-term consequences of their disease and the potential for worsening of disease. Asthma is a chronic disease, with no cure. For people with mild-to-moderate disease, particularly earlier in life, asthma can improve with time or go into remission for long periods of time. Improvement of symptoms can be achieved in people with difficult-to-treat asthma. However, severe persistent disease can cause irreversible remodelling of the airways and long-term declines in lung function.

It is important that healthcare providers provide education and support to help individuals self-manage and prevent this condition from interfering with their day-to-day living. In addition, it is also useful to provide this support to their carers’ and/or family members. For more information see Self-Management Skills & Self-Management Support

Most people with debilitating and long-term conditions want to know, where possible, the prognosis for their condition. Sometimes a definitive answer is not possible, but making time to discuss possible health trajectories will:

  • Provide the patient with a sense of personal control and empowerment.
  • Enable the patient to put in place goals and strategies to help manage future outcomes.
  • Improve the healthcare provider-patient relationship

For more information see Severe Asthma Overview & Prevalence and Burden

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Last Updated on February 12, 2019

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