Controlling Your Asthma
From the National Heart, Lung, and Blood InstituteMarch 2, 2004 Print-friendly version
Email this article | Page 1 | Controlling Your Asthma
Asthma Is a Serious Lung Disease
Your Asthma Can Be Controlled With Proper Care
| | Page 2 | Common Symptoms of Asthma
How To Take Care of Your Asthma
How To Work With Your Doctor
| | Page 3 | Taking the Right Medicines at the Right Times
| | Page 4 | The Long-Term-Control Medicines
Quick-Relief Medicines
| | Page 5 | Make an Action Plan With Your Doctor
How to Use Your Metered-Dose Inhaler the Right Way
| | Page 6 | Steps for Using Your Inhaler
Clean Your Inhaler as Needed
Know When To Replace Your Inhaler
| | Page 7 | Resources
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Controlling Your Asthma
If you have asthma, you are not alone. More than 14 million people in the United States have this lung disease. Of these, almost 5 million are children. Asthma is a problem
among all races. But the asthma death rate and hospitalization rate for blacks are three times the rate of whites. Proper asthma care could prevent these problems for all.
This article can help you learn how to control your asthma or help a friend or family member with asthma.
This information is provided through the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Click here to visit the site!
Asthma Is a Serious Lung Disease
Asthma makes the sides of the airways in your lungs inflamed or swollen all the time.
Your airways react to things like smoke, dust, pollen, or other things. Your airways narrow or become smaller and you get common symptoms like those listed in the box.
Asthma that is not well controlled can cause many problems. People miss work or school, go to the hospital, or even die because of their asthma. But you do not have to
put up with the problems asthma can cause.
Your Asthma Can Be Controlled With Proper Care
With your doctor's help, you can control your asthma and become free of symptoms most of the time. But your asthma does NOT go away when your symptoms go away.
You need to keep taking care of your asthma.
Your asthma cannot be cured - having asthma is a part of your life. So you need to make taking care of your asthma a part of your life. This is true even if your asthma is
mild.
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