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Management of Asthma: Role of Primary Care Physician
Effective asthma treatment requires routinely tracking symptoms and measuring how well your lungs are working. Patients with persistent asthma require medications that provide long-term control of their disease and medications that provide quick relief of symptoms.
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Dr Vivek Singh
Director Pulmonology & Lung transplant at Medanta
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Effective asthma treatment requires routinely tracking symptoms and measuring how well your lungs are working. Patients with persistent asthma require medications that provide long-term control of their disease and medications that provide quick relief of symptoms.