Yes, asthma is over-diagnosed, but it is still a matter of life or death – The Guardian


The Guardian

Yes, asthma is over-diagnosed, but it is still a matter of life or death
The Guardian
Asthma is being over-diagnosed and trivialised, say two leading specialists. And this is a major problem, because they say doling inhalers out like Smarties means that the small subset of people who have potentially life-threatening asthma may be

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Specialists Say Childhood Asthma Is Overdiagnosed – Medscape


Medscape

Specialists Say Childhood Asthma Is Overdiagnosed
Medscape
In an article published in the journal Archives of Disease in Childhood, two respiratory specialists claim that doctors are overdiagnosing asthma in children, with inhalers being prescribed needlessly. According to Asthma UK, 1.1 million children
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Is asthma being overdiagnosed? – NHS Choices


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Is asthma being overdiagnosed?
NHS Choices
A potentially alarming figure that emerged in the UK news last week was that “1 million” UK adults may have been wrongly diagnosed with asthma – a claim reported in various forms by BBC News, The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, the Daily Mirror and the …
Not sure if you really have asthma? See an expertBT.com

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