Asthma Action Plans Can Reduce Symptoms and Make Breathing Easier

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Asthma Action Plans Can Reduce Symptoms and Make Breathing Easier

If you suffer from asthma, then your airways and lungs can experience constriction due to inflammation. You may suffer from asthma attacks, which can occur through triggers. These triggers include factors that exacerbate your asthma, such as too much activity too fast or unclean air.

Since asthma is a lifelong condition, it helps to take precautions daily to keep symptoms at bay. If you have a medication prescribed to you, you should take it daily or as needed. You should visit with your doctor often. You should also create an asthma action plan. These consist of some of the information above, such as asthma triggers, medications that you take, doctors' appointments, and your daily ability to breathe.

These plans vary from person to person, so consider your individual needs when creating one. By keeping track of the above information, you can predict what may cause an asthma attack and prevent any. You can also keep yourself from having an emergency attack. If your symptoms become worse, you can note what may cause them and then discuss those reasons with your doctor. You can also decide if you want to adjust your medication during your appointments.

You can create your own asthma action plan today. You may want to use a physical journal to do so, or you can go virtual and use an app or website to keep track of the condition. Either way, having an action plan in place reduces the rate of emergency situations and attack flare-ups.

   

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