###Human: Is asthma permanently curable? ###Assistant: Hi. Though your son is premature, it does not matter with the present illness. Let me first clear you that he is suffering from bronchial asthma. And anyone can have asthma without any family history. So, it is not necessary to be always run in families. To confirm the diagnosis we do spirometry test in children over 6 years of age. But as your son is too young, he will not be able to perform the spirometry. So, we have to make diagnosis on clinical basis. There is no other way to confirm. Now, we have made a firm diagnosis of asthma.Regarding the treatment, nebulization medications are only to be used in emergency. Also, it is not advisable to use steroids syrup on long-term basis. The best treatment for asthma to your son is using inhaler medicines with spacer. You start him on Budecort inhaler (Budesonide) 100 two puffs twice daily with Zerostat VT spacer. Both medicines are from Cipla company. Ask him to gargle after each use of inhaler. Multivitamin and cough syrup can be used as required. But stop Syrup Omnacortil (Prednisolone) by tapering the dose. Use Asthalin nebulizer (Salbutamol) when required in emergency only and not daily. You can give him his vaccines even polio drops while on inhaler treatment. There is no problem in it. Last thing to clear you is that asthma is a life-long disease. We can only control the symptoms of asthma by taking inhaler medicines. It is an incurable disease. In many children, asthma disappears as they grow, in many it remains the same and in some cases it gets worse with increasing age.At this step, no one can predict what will happen to his asthma ahead. So for time being, we must continue with the inhaler medicines.I have tried to give you overall idea about asthma as much possible after carefully reading the history. Please get back if you have any doubts. Allergy to anything. 1. Inhaler medicines like Budecort 100 MDI (metered dose inhaler) 2 puffs twice daily with Zerostat-VT Spacer. 2. Asthalin MDI to be used as required. Avoid dusts, cold liquids or ice creams.