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Asthma can be controlled. You can do it! When you know how to control asthma, it no longer controls you. It begins with educating yourself  and family so that you can make the best decisions in raising and caring for your family. 

Asthma is one of our nation's most common chronic health conditions. Many substances can aggravate allergies or increase the severity of asthma symptoms in individuals who are sensitive to these allergens or irritants.

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ASTHMA AT A GLANCE

CONTROLLING ASTHMA

Asthma can be controlled. You can do it! When you know how to control asthma, it no longer controls you.

WHAT IS ASTHMA?

• Asthma is a lung disease. It can be life threatening.

• Asthma is chronic. In other words, you live with it every day. 

• Asthma causes breathing problems. 

• These breathing problems are called attacks or episodes of asthma.

WHEN YOU HAVE ASTHMA

It's important to:

• Take your asthma seriously. 

• Take your asthma medicines as directed. 

• When asthma symptoms don't improve, get help.

KNOW YOUR ASTHMA SYMPTOMS

• "I cough a lot while I exercise or even when I rest after exercising." 

• "I have shortness of breath." 

• "I make a wheezing sound when I breathe." 

• "I feel a tightness in my chest."

Do you feel this way sometimes? Any one of these symptoms may mean that you have asthma. You can have one or more of these symptoms or even different ones. Symptoms are clues that let you know that you are having an asthma attack.

FIND OUT WHAT STARTS YOUR ASTHMA SYMPTOMS

Often symptoms get started or "triggered" by something that bothers your lungs. These things are called asthma triggers.

There are many kinds of triggers. They can range from viruses (such as colds) to allergies, to gases and particles in the air.

Given this range, you may find it hard to figure out what starts your asthma attacks.

SO WHAT'S THE GOOD NEWS IN ALL OF THIS?

Once you find out your triggers, you can do something to prevent your asthma attacks. This gives you control. The result is that when and if you have attacks, there's a good chance that they will be less severe and you won't have as many.

For example, do you get an asthma attack after you've exercised? If you do, you should tell your doctor. You can get help.

You can still exercise when you have asthma, but you may need to take rest breaks while you exercise. If you know that exercise triggers your asthma, the doctor may tell you to take your asthma medicine before you exercise. This way, you can still have fun exercising without having an asthma attack.

There are other asthma triggers that you can get rid of or avoid. Good examples of these triggers are cold air, dust, feathers or molds.

Cigarette smoking is another trigger that must be avoided. If you smoke, you need to quit. Smoking cigarettes will make your asthma worse, and if you breathe the smoke from someone else's cigarette, you may get an asthma attack.

This is true for children, too. In fact, children are especially at risk when they breathe secondhand smoke. Studies show that children of smokers are more likely to suffer asthma attacks. Their asthma gets worse, too.

But you can do something about this. You can protect yourself (and if you're a parent with a child who has asthma, you can protect your child, too) when you know the risks of smoking cigarettes or breathing secondhand smoke. The wisest and healthiest things you can do are to live, work and play in places that are smoke free.

Remember:

• Asthma symptoms and attacks usually get started by triggers. 

• Talk to a doctor about these triggers. 

• Find ways to avoid them. Find ways to get rid of them.

  

  What Causes Allergies
  
  The substances that cause allergic disease in people are known as allergens. “Antigens,” or protein particles like pollen, food or dander enter our bodies through a variety of ways. If the antigen causes an allergic reaction, that particle is considered an “allergen” – and antigen that triggers an allergic reaction. These allergens can get into our body in several ways:
  
  Inhaled into the nose and the lungs. Examples are airborne pollens of certain trees, grasses and weeds; house dust that include dust mite particles, mold spores, cat and dog dander and latex dust.
  
  Ingested by mouth. Frequent culprits include shrimp, peanuts and other nuts.
  
  Injected. Such as medications delivered by needle like penicillin or other injectable drugs, and venom from insect stings and bites.
  
  Absorbed through the skin. Plants such as poison ivy, sumac and oak and latex are examples.

  In addition, we provide PREVENTIVE STRATEGIES for each to help you avoid exposure to these substances.

  Please remember that information contained on this website is provided for educational and informational purposes only and should not be used to guide the diagnosis or treatment of any medical condition without the advice and supervision of a licensed, qualified health care provider.