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Saturday, October 11, 2008
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Creating Your Own Plan for

Controlling Your Asthma


Prepare a plan to manage your asthma with your doctor. Include how you will avoid triggers, respond to early warning signs of an episode, and take your medicine. Work with your doctor to make the use of a peak flow meter part of your routine. Lastly, learn the best way to reach your doctor for routine questions and urgent care.

Write your plan for an asthma emergency.

Ask your doctor what you should do in an emergency. Write the answers below.

What are the signs that tell you to seek care quickly?








What should you do if your medicines do not seem to be working?








Where should you go to get care quickly?






Should you call your doctor first or go to the emergency room?










What do you do if you have an asthma emergency very late at night?








When you call, what information will your doctor want (your symptoms, what medicines you have taken, when you took them, and your peak flow rate)?