More medications to treat asthma indicates what about disease severity?

• A. Mild disease
• B. Moderate disease
• C. Severe disease
• D. Refractory disease

Answer: (C)

As asthma increases in severity, management becomes more intensive and requires more medicines to control symptoms and prevent flare‑ups. If a patient needs additional daily controller therapies beyond a rescue inhaler, that signals persistent inflammation and more frequent symptoms—typical of moderate to severe persistent asthma. Severe disease is the level where high‑dose controllers (and sometimes combination therapies or additional agents) are needed to achieve control. Refractory disease would mean the condition doesn’t respond despite maximal therapy, which isn’t simply about needing more meds in the usual treatment escalation. So needing more medications points to severe disease.