Most asthma attacks can be prevented with the use of appropriate medication. Most asthma attacks can be prevented. Smart patients get better because they know what their medicines are supposed to do and how to best use them. The most common error made by asthma sufferers is poor inhaler technique. Antibiotics are useful in treating asthma.
Antibiotics are drugs that kill invading bacteria.
Some years ago, we thought that patients commonly experienced allergic reactions to bacteria. For that reason, asthma flares were always treated by using antibiotics and other medicines as well. Today, all allergy and asthma specialists agree that the antibiotics do not do anything to change the allergic reaction in the lungs. However, we have learned in the past several years that up to 6 in 10 children who have a flare of asthma also have infections in their sinuses. So, it is True that antibiotic help to treat the asthmatic patient who is also experiencing a sinus infection, and it is False to think that antibiotics are helpful in asthma therapy when there is no bacterial infection to treat.