May 4, 2021 marked the 23th World Asthma Day which was themed on “Uncovering Asthma Misconceptions” this year. The Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital of Tongji University offered health presentations free diagnosis in promotion of the World Asthma Day on May 7, in order to improve people’s awareness of preventing and treating asthma, pursue standardized and scientific treatment modes and enhance asthma patients’ cognition of the disease and self management. The campaign was presented both online and offline.
A medical worker delivering the health lecture
Prof. XU Jinfu, vice secretary of CPC committee of the Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital and discipline leader of the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, pointed out that there were some misconceptions of asthma control, e.g. failure to continue a long-term treatment, administration only upon attack, treatment only counting from attack to infusion, fear of medicine dependence resulted from long-term administration, etc. He stressed, the misconceptions should be addressed through joint efforts by both medical staffs and patients and by improving the cognition of asthma, and patients’ life quality could be boosted only with standardized, constant treatment and daily management.
Prof. CHU Haiqing, director of the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, said, like hypertension, diabetes and other chronic diseases, asthma could not be cured overnight, and the airway inflammation of asthma could be controlled for an extended period of time only through chronic administration in most of the cases. The associate chief physician LU Haiwen showed the true facts and common misconceptions about asthma with an effort to correct the patients’ cognition of the disease. The associate chief physician CHENG Kebin gave the details on the up-to-date progress of severe asthma treatment, as well as the epidemiology of asthma, severe asthma treatment, clinic research of targeted medicine, etc. The head nurse HE Yan provided the patients with the guidance for self-management of the disease, focusing on the disease control, essential self-management skills and self-management tools for patients. The head nurse CAO Yanhua made a presentation titled “How to Prevent the Acute Attack of Asthma”. The head nurse XU Wenjie showed the usage of inhaler for asthma and some important notes, with an aim to help patients use inhaler correctly.
A medical worker promoting health literacy
Following the lecture, the chief physician LIANG Shuo and associate chief physicians BAI Jiuwu and CHENG Kebin offered free diagnosis and advisory on the site while the head nurses demonstrated the usage of the peak expiratory flow meter and the assessment of inhalation technology and provided health literacy materials.
CHENG Kebin offering free diagnosis and advisory
Participants
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