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Preventers
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Medicines (often based on steroids) that are usually breathed in from inhalers by people with asthma. help to prevent the disease when taken on a regular basis. also see corticosteroids and anti-inflammatory.
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Corticosteroid, английский
- A steroid medicine that is used to treat or prevent allergic reactions by reducing inflammation. used in preventer medicines for people with asthma and in creams to treat eczema. severe cases may need to be treated orally with corticosteroid tablets.
- 1. any steroid hormone produced by the cortex of the adrenal glands 2. a drug which reduces inflammation, used in asthma, gastro-intestinal disease and in adrenocortical insufficiency
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Pruritus, английский
- Itching.
- Prurito / comezón / picazón
- An irritation of the skin which makes a person want to scratch. also called itching
Prevalence rate, английский
A measure of morbidity based on current sickness in a population, estimated either at a particular time (point prevalence) or over a stated period (period prevalence). it can be expressed either in terms of sick people (persons) or episodes of sickness pe
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