Today is World Asthma
Day
Asthma is a lung disease. It is not an emotional or
psychological problem, or an illusion. Don’t let anyone
tell you your asthma is just in your head. It is
real!
Fortunately, we know a lot more about asthma today
than we did just a decade ago, and we have a much better
understanding of how to treat it. In fact, based on what
we now know, most people with asthma should be able to
gain control of it—and keep it under control for a
lifetime.
“You Can Control Asthma” is a common theme among
NHLBI materials. Get started with the materials below
today.
Also visit the So You Have Asthma Home page for more
information at http://hp2010.nhlbihin.net/asthma. |
Read About Asthma
Get important information on controlling your
asthma. Learn about the four parts to effective
asthma management. This guide offers tools and
step-by-step guidance for monitoring asthma and
communicating with your doctor to develop a plan for
managing your asthma. You will learn about ways to
avoid things that can make your asthma worse, how asthma
medicines work, and how to use a peak flow
meter. In an upbeat style, it helps you
realize that you can make good asthma management a part
of everyday life. Also includes a symptom diary, an
asthma assessment checklist, and a list of information
resources.
Check out the graphical illustration of “How Asthma
Affects Your Airways” on page 5.
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Use the My Asthma Wallet Card
This handy wallet card for patients lists common
warning signs of an asthma attack and topics to discuss
with your doctor to learn the best ways to control your
asthma. It also provides space to record
your peak flow numbers, medicines, and phone numbers to
call in an asthma emergency.
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Make an Asthma Action Plan
Managing asthma requires you to do things and make
decisions, each based on your own pattern of
asthma. An Asthma Action Plan is a personalized
practical tool to help you keep your asthma under
control. It summarizes the action steps you need to take
daily, such as which medicines to take, how much to take
and when to take them. It provides benchmarks of
good control based on symptoms and peak flow measures
against which to check how good your level of control
is. It also gives the action steps to take if your
asthma is not in good control and it starts or continues
to worsen.
Use this plan together with your doctor to write down
how to manage your asthma, routinely on a daily basis
and during an attack. For help in controlling things
that can make your asthma worse, look on the back for a
list of possible asthma triggers for you and ways to
avoid them.
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Especially for
Physicians – Download the EPR-3 Guidelines for the
Diagnosis and Management of Asthma Summary Report
Delivers important information from the full report
about selecting treatment based on an individual’s needs
and level of asthma control. Summary information
focuses on long-term control of asthma by implementing
effective and comprehensive asthma management that
includes diagnosis and initial assessment, routine
follow up care and monitoring, patient education,
control of factors that can worsen asthma, and
medications. Key tables and figures from the full report
are included for easy reference.
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