Asthma Patient Stories

With her severe asthma under control — with help from CHOP’s PAPA Clinic — Onni is in school, out of the hospital and “a whole new kid.”

After years of struggling with severe asthmas and food allergies, 17-year-old Mena is finally breathing easier thanks for biologic therapy at CHOP.

Diagnosed with severe allergic asthma, Lorenzo is no longer sitting on the sidelines. Thanks to biologic therapy at CHOP, he's back in the game.

For years, Nora's family treated her severe asthma and food allergies as separate conditions, but a new biologic therapy at CHOP is improving both.

Thanks to a generous $1 million commitment from Bill and Jeanne Wurster, dozens of parents and children gather daily in the Bill and Jeanne Wurster Asthma Education Room to learn about asthma and what they can do to help control it.