Asthma

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.

Asthma causes swelling and narrowing of the airways in your lungs. Here's what you need to know about how asthma affects your lungs, and what do to when you have asthma flare-ups.

Scheduled office visits with healthcare providers are an important part of asthma care.

Inhaled corticosteroids are safe for long-term use for most people. They are not the steroids that you hear about athletes abusing.

You may get work-related asthma by breathing in irritants at work. The symptoms may go away when you're not at work. But long-term exposure can cause lasting damage.

This video shows how to use a nebulizer with a mouthpiece.

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.

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.

A peak flow meter measures how fast you can push air out of your lungs. Your peak flow reading may be an early sign that your asthma is getting out of control. Read on to learn the steps for using a peak flow meter.

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.

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.

Follow these instructions to care for yourself when you have asthma.