lung and airway disorders
Asthma
Prognosis for Asthma
Many children outgrow asthma, but wheezing may persist into adulthood or asthma may return in later years. Female sex, smoking, earlier age of onset, and allergy to household dust mites increase the risk that asthma will persist or return. Although people may die as a result of a severe asthma attack, most of these deaths are preventable with treatment. Thus, the prognosis is good with adequate access and adherence to treatment. 