Steroid resistant asthma has proved to be a serious problem even with the availability of advanced highly effective inhaled steroids. And in the current scenario with the emphasis on reducing the health care cost, steroid resistant asthma proves to be a special challenge for the doctors as it requires very high funds for its control.

Although asthma respond to the usage of steroids positively, but few cases are seen where patients respond poorly to steroids. In these cases if the amount of steroid intake is increased then the patient might suffer from the side effects of these drugs which again causes a significant problem and as asthma is an incurable disease and these side effects prove to be a potential threat itself in long term.
Also what causes steroid resistant asthma to pose a serious problem is difficulty in its diagnosis or misdiagnosis of this ailment.

Some possible medical complications that are related to steroid resistant asthma are permanent damage to the airways, severe breathing difficulty and hospitalization. This disease can also lead to death but that is highly uncommon.

As the steroids have the potential of causing adverse effects, the patients with steroid resistant asthma should be given proper therapies and medical examination so as to minimize the requirement of their steroid dosage and to control their asthma.