There could be good news for individuals who suffer from asthma. A new study done at the University of Texas Southwestern has revealed that because not all asthma stems from the same causes that it requires different treatment. Researchers say they found that asthma from infection must be treated differently than asthma from allergies.
Researchers already knew that lung infections can linger and cause asthma later. What they now know is that a certain gene influences how severe a bout of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection will be. Therefore researchers say that a different strategy might be in order to treat asthma that arises from M. pneumonia, and other infections, versus asthma that arises from allergies
