Big news for asthma-COPD patients, scientists have found a game changer treatment, the biggest success in 50 years..

New Delhi:- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma is a respiratory disease, commonly known as breathing problems. This is a non-communicable disease. Nowadays, this disease is happening in people of all ages due to different reasons. The number of people suffering from this disease is increasing day by day. Many symptoms of asthma are seen not only in older people but also in small children.

what kind of disease is asthma

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and asthma is a disease related to the lungs, in which there is inflammation in the air passages and respiratory infection occurs. As a result, the patient starts having trouble breathing. WHO has expressed concern and estimated that asthma could become the third leading cause of death globally by the year 2030, as the number of patients with this disease is continuously increasing. According to statistics, every year millions of people are dying across the world due to diseases like Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and asthma.

Asthma is a problem that can occur from a 6 month old child to an elderly person. Many factors like heredity, health problems, allergy, infection, change in weather and pollution etc. can be responsible for asthma. In most cases, genetic factors are also responsible for asthma in children. Apart from heredity, sometimes physical conditions and environmental factors are also responsible for asthma. At the same time, asthma can be caused by some physical diseases, contact with animals, allergies, infections and side effects of some medicines. Apart from this, pollution is also held responsible for the increase in asthma.
Scientists made a big discovery
Meanwhile, relief news has emerged for asthma and COPD patients. According to media reports, the team of scientists has achieved a major success in the treatment of this disease. In fact, a team of scientists has discovered an effective injection, which is not only more effective than the steroid medicines given till now, but with its help the need for further treatment can also be reduced by 30 percent.

Experts are considering this discovery of scientists as a 'game changer' for asthma and COPD patients. According to reports, it is also being seen as the biggest success in the treatment of respiratory diseases in 50 years. The report states that these results, published in the Lancet Respiratory Medicine journal, could be transformative for millions of people suffering from asthma and COPD around the world.
According to the report published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, the name of the injection discovered by scientists is Benralizumab. This injection weakens the part of the immune system that becomes more active during flare-ups of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. This injection named Benralizumab works as a monoclonal antibody.

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