Thousands of Canadians live with poorly managed asthma because they underestimate how they are actually controlling their illness. Results from a new survey commissioned by the Asthma Society show that the majority of Canadians are comfortable discussing various aspects of their asthma care with their physician. Yet two-thirds of survey respondents have symptoms weekly and a third suffer daily. Several survey respondents noted that symptoms are often so severe they are woken up at night, a sign of poorly controlled asthma.
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