mild asthma, severe asthma, difficult to treat asthma


  • mild asthma is asthma well controlled on low dose ICS-formoterol
  • avoid using the term mild asthma as these patients can also have severe exacerbations. Instead, describe patients as well controlled on low or medium dose ICS-LABA
  • severe asthma is asthma that's uncontrolled despite optimal ICS-LABA
  • difficult to treat asthma is asthma uncontrolled from other things such as noncompliance, incorrect techniques, comorbidities1

Footnotes

  1. https://ginasthma.org/pocket-guide-for-asthma-management-and-prevention/