Just in time for May’s Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month, allergist and immunologist Dr. Payel Gupta of LifeMD.com headlines a conversation about the clinical presentation of asthma and its role in the atopic march. She also details various phenotypes, endotypes and other molecular mechanisms of asthma that can be applied to help guide disease management and treatment decisions.



Episode highlights

0:15 Intro

1:16 Introducing Payel Gupta, MD

2:31 Classifications of asthma

5:35 What is the atopic march?

8:46 The bridge from allergy testing to immunotherapy

12:00 How to initially diagnose asthma

16:02 When to add secondary therapies

18:11 Biologics for uncontrolled asthma

23:20 Real-world use of the SMART therapy guidance

25:40 Assuring asthma treatment adherence

28:35 Addressing asthma care disparities

32:26 The future of asthma research

33:58 Outro



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