Can asthma be cured?

Can asthma be cured?

William Berger (Allergist and Immunologist) gives expert video advice on: Can asthma be cured? and more...

The tendency to develop asthma, to have what we refer to as bronchospasm--tightening of the airways and inflammation of the airways are with you throughout your life. Certainly like any chronic condition your asthma can get better, or it can get worse. But I think it's a disservice to patients to say that your child will outgrow their asthma. They're not going to outgrow the asthma. The asthma may get better. Hence, they're only going to get better from their asthma with treatment. But asthma is not just going to completely go away.