World Asthma Day
Asthma is 40 per cent more prevalent and severe in women than men.
Women older than 15 years are 2.3 times more likely than males to be admitted to the hospital for asthma.
It is an incurable but controllable condition that requires life-long management
There are various factors that may make women more susceptible to asthma as compared to men like smaller size of lungs than men, allergens, menopause, etc.