Your Guide to Asthma (Royal Society of Medicine) Book

The Royal Society of Medicine -- Your Guide to Asthma is the patient's ultimate source of essential and invaluable information. Providing all the necessary facts, guidance and support, this book will enable the reader to make informed choices and regain control of their life. Written by two of the world's leading experts in this field, this book is the comprehensive guide to dealing with asthma in everyday life. Covering the reasons why so many thousands of people, young and old, suffer from the illness, the actual diagnosis and the tests that this involves, to explaining the variety of treatments on offer and how to manage the illness in your day-to-day life, this book will inform, reassure and support you, when you need it the most. The clear, straightforward design of the book together with original features such as myth/fact boxes, key terms, question and answer sections and a chapter on who the patient/carer might meet in the NHS and their role in the treatment of the illness will prepare the reader for all that may lie ahead.