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Don’t skip the asthma inhaler just because you feel fine
Asthma is a chronic condition requiring ongoing care, even when there are no symptoms. Regular use of a preventer inhaler is essential.
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Inhalers contain medications that help people with asthma breathe more easily.
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Tang Wern Ee
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A patient of mine is a 53-year-old educator with a history of asthma since early adulthood. Despite being prescribed a preventer inhaler to be used daily to control her airway inflammation, she seldom used it.
She assumed her asthma was under control, as she considered her symptoms to be mild and infrequent. She relied instead on using her other inhaler, a reliever inhaler, whenever her asthma symptoms came on.
