Asthma in adults

Asthma overview

Asthma is a common lung condition that causes occasional breathing difficulties. There is no cure for asthma but in most sufferers, available treatments can keep their symptoms under control.

But around 17 per cent of people with asthma suffer from either difficult-to-treat or severe asthma.

Difficult-to-treat asthma

This type of asthma means your asthma symptoms may not be controlled despite daily high dose inhaled steroid treatments. 

Severe asthma

If you have this type of asthma, you may find that high dose asthma treatments don't work for you. You have also had other causes and triggers such as smoking and other long-term conditions ruled out.

At our asthma clinic, many patients have severe asthma, which leads to symptoms that are difficult to explain or control.

We provide patients with a detailed assessment to help us understand what the reason(s) for someone’s symptoms are and how best to treat them.

Click on the 'information tab' on this page to find out more about what happens when you come in for assessment.