Asthma is classified according to
a. severity of disease.
b. age of patient.
c. number of drugs taken.
d. amount of lung tissue destroyed.
a. Asthma is classified by severity depending on the frequency of symptoms:
• Mild intermittent (two days a week or less/and awakenings less than twice a month)
• Mild persistent (more than two days a week but less than one time a day; awakenings twice a month or more)
• Moderate persistent (every day)
• Severe persistent (most of the time)
In 2002, the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP) was updated by the NIH. Asthma may be classified as mild intermittent, mild persistent, moderate persistent, and severe persistent.
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