People with asthma get sick 11 times a year

• April 25, 2024

The asthma It is a chronic disease that damages the airways, so it can affect the lungs, because people receive less air.

This can cause wheezing, cough , chest stiffness and breathing difficulties, especially in the morning and / or night.

About the pulmonologist Joel Velarde , points out that data from the Survey of Asthma in Latin America They reflect that people who live with this disease they do not have control over it; 90% feel tired , depressed and fed up:

"It is this sample that was made by telephone in Monterrey to 25 thousand people, it is known that 45% feel that they will die; 30% are ashamed to be sick, but the most serious thing is that they know they are wrong and do nothing to change it. "

In that sense the Velarde doctor calls on the population to go to the doctor and have control of the asthma ; since most patients take rescue medicine :

"That is, they do not take control medicine and the asthma it is a disease that does not heal, it is only controlled. Otherwise, lung affections are detonated. The figures are alarming, but Mexicans need to take care of themselves and know that living with asthma it is not synonymous with incapacity for work, isolation, etc. "

However, how is this disease controlled? In this regard, the medical Mercedes Yensen , explains you, how to achieve it. Protect your health!

For his part, the pulmonologist Velarde, clarifies that 53% of the people interviewed in this telephone survey, only go to the doctor in case of emergency and specifies that the asthma It's more common in women:

"The economic impact for Social Security alone exceeds 30 thousand pesos a year, but this can be reduced if the doctors channel the patient on time with the specialist and the person follows the doctor's instructions. of results ".