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Abstract
Asthma is a serious global health problem affecting all age groups, with increasing prevalence in many developing countries, rising treatment costs, and a rising burden for patients and the community. Hence, the aim of this study was to identify Demographic and clinical characteristics of bronchial asthma patients in Al-Mahalla Chest Hospital, and included 212 adult patients with bronchial asthma having a wide range of asthma severity, from those attending the outpatient clinic and those admitted as inpatients. Data from these patients were collected through the following questionnaire that included: Age Gender Occupation Smoking habit Age of onset Family history Precipitating factors to asthma Level of asthma control Other types of allergy Compliance to treatment Prescription pattern Other forms of treatment Complications of asthma Follow up by PEF Clinical examination.