title: [Bronchial asthma - many types, different therapies].
abstract: Around 9 % of the German population is affected by bronchial asthma. This serious problem diminishes the quality of life as well as performance of the patients. Triggers and individual courses of the illness are very diverse. Therapy for mild asthma (stage 1 and 2) can take place at the patient's general practitioner. Is the effect of the medication insufficient, the patient should be referred to a specialist. The aim of the therapy is controlled asthma without symptoms during day or night and patients who only rarely need medication on demand and who are not limited in their daily activities. With the help of three further escalation steps in medication including modern biologicals, specialists have extended possibilities to reach a controlled disease stage.
authors.forename: Karl-Christian
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Bergmann
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D001688:Biological Products / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D058006:General Practice; D006801:Humans; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents; D001688:Biological Products