Most asthma patients in Vietnam can’t manage disease
12-May-16, Viet Nam News
More than 50 per cent of asthma patients have poor control of their disease, despite the availability of treatments to help manage their condition, according to the Society of Asthma and Allergy and Clinical Immunology in HCM City.
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Speaking at a press conference in HCM City held yesterday, Prof. Dr. Lê Thị Tuyết Lan, the association’s chairperson, said that asthma could not be cured but could be managed.
About five per cent of Vietnamese population suffer from the disease, but only 40 per cent of asthma patients can manage their disease.
Lan said many asthma patients had not received proper treatment measures, adding that the majority of asthma patients can live normal, active lives if they receive proper treatment, and strictly follow treatment.
Doctor Nguyễn Như Vinh said a number of local medical establishments do not have a spirometry machine to diagnose asthma. Some of them have it, but technicians are not skilled in using it, which can lead to an inaccurate diagnosis.