Global Journal of Allergy
Commentary
A Commentary: Is Context an Important Consideration in Asthma?
Asthma is a well known and high impact global health problem [1]. It
shares, along with other prevalent entities, a number of not
insignificant difficulties in the delivery of health care needs for it’s
control [2]. From a clinical Point of view, the use of inhaled steroid
medications (Clinical Efficacy measured as: No. of asthmatics patients
controlled /No. of asthmatics patients treated) have proven their worth
and are the mainstay of treatment in many Published Guidelines about
asthma; and deservedly so. However, from a public health point of view,
the clinical effectiveness of such strategies (Clinical Effectiveness
measured as: No. of asthmatics patients controlled. Total No. of
asthmatic patients) remains a problem around the world [1,3,4]. Many
draw backs seems to exist in this over all lack of capacity to deliver
comprehensive health care to asthmatic patients and their families. Some
of these have been extensively considered, such as: a. need for
intensive / recurrent education efforts [1] about the disease and it’s
treatment; b. the inconveniences with the use of inhaled medications
[5]; c. un modifiable housing environmental conditions [3]; d. tobacco
smoke exposure [1,3]; e. the culture around poverty and all that it
implies [3,4]; f. patient’s adherence and the cost of these treatments,
among many others.
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