“More boys than girls have asthma. However, after teenage years, asthma is more common in women than in men.”
Preventers
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A preventer medicine is used in the long-term management of asthma.
Preventer medicine helps to reduce the inflammation in your airways that causes asthma. They should be taken every day, even when you have no symptoms.
Preventers significantly reduce the chance of you having an asthma attack, even when you come across an asthma trigger. Preventer inhalers are generally brown or orange in colour.
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