World Asthma Day: Free Screening at Hospital da Luz Setúbal

24-04-19

Hospital da Luz Setúbal will offer on May 7 (World Asthma Day) and 10, free screening in Pulmonology and Immunoallergology to the general population.

The screening will be ensured by elements of the teams of the Pulmonology and Immunoallergology Services from this hospital. The participants will have the opportunity to answer a questionnaire (the results indicating if a specific consultation is necessary) and make portable spirometry exams and skin allergy tests.

Asthma is a major chronic respiratory disease, affecting over 700 thousand Portuguese, among them 175 thousand children. When uncontrolled, the disease affects the quality of life, causing school and work absenteeism, frequent visits to emergency services, internment and even death.

In Portugal, about half the people with asthma does not have the disease under control, and school absenteeism of children and work absenteeism of caretakers are three times higher in a child with uncontrolled asthma, than in a child with controlled asthma.

Participate in the screening!

Schedule: May 7 and 10, between 9:00 and 18:00 (ground 0, Hospital da Luz Setúbal)

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