Asthma

Sometimes you have trouble breathing. You feel like you can't get enough air, even when you try your hardest. The doctor says you have "asthma." Let's learn more about it.

Every person who has asthma should have an asthma action plan. This is a written guide. It gives you detailed instructions for how to manage your asthma. Your doctor will work with you to develop a custom plan for your specific needs.

Asthma is a lung disease that makes it hard to breathe. This program explores the importance of patients understanding what asthma is, how their asthma is triggered and how it can be treated and controlled to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

Learn the skills you need to help manage your symptoms and prevent asthma attacks.

Watch this to learn when you should call the doctor if you have an asthma flare-up.

Learn how members of your healthcare team, and your friends and family members can help you manage your asthma.

Learn some ways you can tell that you are controlling your asthma so it's not controlling you.

You've been diagnosed with asthma and have some concerns. Will it keep you from doing the activities you enjoy? Well, breathe easy. With your doctor's help, you can control your asthma. You just have to learn to manage it properly.

Asthma is a chronic lung disease. It is common in children. Children with asthma have trouble breathing. This happens when their airways become irritated and swollen. Many children who have asthma begin showing symptoms by age five.

This video shows how to use a peak flow meter.

Learn how to self-manage your asthma by monitoring and recording your symptoms, and following your provider's plan for what to do when you experience symptoms.

Follow this checklist to help you keep an asthma diary so you can see how well your asthma is being managed.

Follow this checklist to help you monitor your asthma with a peak flow meter.

Learn how to use your peak flow meter to monitor how well your lungs are working.

Learn how to find your personal best peak flow reading, when your lungs are working their very best.

Watch this to understand how the weather can affect your asthma symptoms.

Watch this video to learn about air quality, how it affects someone with asthma, and how to find out about the air quality in your area each day.

Not everyone experiences asthma the same way. Symptoms vary from person to person. And, your symptoms can change from one asthma episode to the next. A doctor can diagnose asthma with an exam and some simple tests.

Watch this to understand how using an asthma action plan can help manage your asthma.

In this video learn how Donna's medication journey helped her to manage her asthma.

Learn about how being diagnosed with asthma as an adult affected Tom.

There is no cure for asthma, so it's important to learn how to manage the disease to live an active and healthy life. An important key to keeping asthma under control is a personalized management plan that your healthcare team will develop with you. This plan should include a balance of medication and tips for avoiding triggers that could lead to an asthma attack. In this program, you'll learn ways to live with asthma.

Childhood asthma can be managed with the right combination of treatments and medicines. This program will help children with asthma and their parents and caregivers understand what those are so that they can be active and healthy.

Anyone who is diagnosed with asthma must learn to recognize the symptoms of an asthma flare-up and learn to pinpoint the triggers that can lead to an asthma episode. Knowing both, along with medication and a personal action plan are key to being active and healthy with asthma.

Children with asthma should understand the disease, symptoms and treatment. This program aims to educate them and their parents and caregivers on the warning signs to look out for as well as the common triggers that might aggravate their asthma.

Many of the most common triggers of asthma can be found in the home. If you or your child has asthma, you can take a few simple steps to reduce these triggers.

See how dust mites may cause symptoms for people with asthma, and learn strategies for reducing this allergen in the home.

Mold can affect people with asthma; watch how you can reduce it in and around your home.

Watch this to understand how cockroaches and their droppings can affect people with asthma, and ways to avoid this trigger.

Learn common strategies for reducing and dealing with the animal allergen.

Watch this clip to learn how you can help manage your asthma when you are outdoors and when the pollen count is high.

Watch these tips for limiting your exposure to smoke, pollutants and chemical triggers.

Watch this clip to understand how weather extremes can cause asthma symptoms, and learn what you can do to manage your exposure.

Watch how stress and emotions can bring on asthma symptoms, and how you can prevent these feelings from triggering an attack.

Learn how to identify whether or not this medical condition causes your asthma symptoms.

Learn how eating healthy food, managing your weight, getting plenty of rest and practicing other healthy lifestyle behaviors can help you manage your asthma.

Watch how you can prevent or reduce asthma symptoms during exercise.

Watch this clip to see how Steve's understanding of asthma attacks has changed as he has learned how to manage his asthma symptoms.

Treating severe asthma is a partnership with you and your doctor. Learn what approaches your doctor might use to help control severe asthma.