Ask the Doctor: Mild asthma patients also require inhaler as they are at risk of near-fatal attack

Early-onset diabetes/ Insulin-dependent diabetes/diabetes mellitus Type 1, which often occurs in children and teenagers represents their premier experience of disease. Even in adults, diabetes brings along a wave of other complications – cardiovascular diseases, diseases related to the eyes, frequent non-healing injuries, to name a few. The challenging task is to cope with the knowledge that diabetes can be treated. Type 2 diabetes is caused due to lifestyle factors and is now commonly found in younger generation in all ages and has increasing impact with increasing of the patient and disease. When a person becomes diabetic quickly, they tend to develop more chances of complications, i.e, complications and severity of diabetes are directly proportional to its chronicity.

Inhaler is very important, and it can be measured by the fact 16 per cent of mild asthma patients are at risk for a near-fatal attack. 30 – 37 per cent of adult asthma patients presenting a severe attack of asthma had mild asthma and 15 – 20 per cent of adult patients dying with asthma had mild asthma. This is altogether serious enough not to be neglected. Many pieces of research show that children and adults do not adhere well to regular treatment in mild asthma - just 30 per cent adhere regularly in real-life. Therefore, real-life scenarios suggest that most patients anyways take their inhaler only when required.