Around 40% Of The Local Asthma Patients Have Stopped The Prescribed Medicines For The Disease Half Way Which Caused The Disease To Re Appear Often

Around  40 % of the Asthma Patients in Sri Lanka have stopped their prescribed medicine use for the disease once the symptoms have disappeared  and as a result the disease appears time to time strongly according to the Secretary of the Chest Physicians Association Dr.Bodika Samarasekare.

Addressing a Media Briefing held at the Government Information Department In Narahenpita this morning (14) regarding the International Asthma Day ,He has stressed that an Asthma Patient can live a normal life if the prescribed medicines are taking under medical supervision .There is no permanent cure for Asthma in Western Medicine he said.

However the disease can be control effectively if the  patient can  take the Medicines  prescribed by doctors  continuously Dr.Samarasekare has revealed. 

The main symptoms of the Asthma are Breathing Difficulty,Ches Tightness,A Sound Came from Chest ,Cough and Sleep Interruption due to one of these symptoms according to Chest Physicians.