According to a study, Nasal Congestion can be a sign of severe asthma. It’s high time that healthcare professionals should be extra careful when it comes to nasal complaints. In further study by Sahlgrenska Academy’s Krefting Research Centre it has been concluded that severe asthma appears to be more common than previously thought.Published in the online scientific journal Respiratory Research, the population study included 30,000 randomly selected participants from the west of Sweden and asked questions about different aspects of health. Jan Lotvall, one of the authors of the study and professor at the Sahlgrenska Academy’s Krefting Research Centre says that this is the first time that the prence of severe asthma has been estimated in a population study, documenting that approximately 2% of the population in the West Sweden is showing signs of severe asthma. The researchers have also found that more pronounced nasal symptoms, such as chronic rhinosinusitis, in other words nasal congestion and a runny nose for a long period of time, can be linked to more severe asthma.The researchers suggested that patients who report nasal complaints, perhaps together with minor symptoms from the lower respiratory tract, such as wheezing, shortness of breath during physical effort, and night-time awakings because of breathing problems

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