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06 May 11
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long-term disease that can't be cured. The goal of asthma treatment is to control the disease
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- Prevent chronic and troublesome symptoms, such as coughing and shortness of breath
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Reduce your need for quick-relief medicines
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- Help you maintain good lung function
- Let you maintain your normal activity level and sleep through the night
- Prevent asthma attacks that could result in an emergency room visit or hospital stay
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taking your medicines properly, avoiding asthma triggers (except physical activity), tracking your level of asthma control, responding to worsening asthma, and seeking emergency care when needed
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Working with your doctor to treat other conditions that can interfere with asthma management
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- Avoiding things that worsen your asthma (asthma triggers). However, one trigger you should not avoid is physical activity. Physical activity is an important part of a healthy lifestyle. Talk with your doctor about medicines that can help you stay active.
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- Working with your doctor and other health care providers to create and follow an asthma action plan.
An asthma action plan gives guidance on taking
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treated with two types of medicines
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long-term control and quick-relief medicines
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help reduce airway inflammation and prevent asthma symptoms
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Quick-relief, or "rescue," medicines relieve asthma symptoms that may flare up.
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most are taken using a device called an inhaler
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can be taken in pill form
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inhaler allows the medicine to go directly to your lungs.
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Inhaled corticosteroids
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Inhaled corticosteroids are the preferred medicines for long-term control of asthma. They're the most effective option for long-term relief of the inflammation and swelling that makes your airways sensitive to certain inhaled substances.
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greatly reduce the severity of symptoms and how often they occur.
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08 Jul 10
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Asthma is a long-term disease that can't be cured. The goal of asthma treatment is to control the disease.
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- Prevent chronic and troublesome symptoms such as coughing and shortness of breath
- Reduce your need of quick-relief medicines (see below)
- Help you maintain good lung function
- Let you maintain your normal activity levels and sleep through the night
- Prevent asthma attacks that could result in your going to the emergency room or being admitted to the hospital for treatment
Good asthma control will:
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Taking an active role to control your asthma involves working with your doctor and other clinicians on your health care team to create and follow an asthma action plan. It also means avoiding factors that can make your asthma flare up and treating other conditions that can interfere with asthma management.
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An asthma action plan gives guidance on taking your medicines properly, avoiding factors that worsen you asthma, tracking your level of asthma control, responding to worsening asthma, and seeking emergency care when needed.
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Asthma is treated with two types of medicines: long-term control and quick-relief medicines. Long-term control medicines help reduce airway inflammation and prevent asthma symptoms. Quick-relief, or "rescue," medicines relieve asthma symptoms that may flare up.
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Your doctor may need to increase your medicine if your asthma doesn't stay under control.
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On the other hand, if your asthma is well controlled for several months, your doctor may be able to decrease your medicine.
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You can work with your doctor to create a personal written asthma action plan. The asthma action plan shows your daily treatment, such as what kind of medicines to take and when to take them. The plan explains when to call the doctor or go to the emergency room.
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A number of common things (sometimes called asthma triggers) can set off or worsen your asthma symptoms. Once you know what these factors are, you can take steps to control many of them.
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f your asthma symptoms are clearly linked to allergies, and you can't avoid exposure to those allergens, then your doctor may advise you to get allergy shots for the specific allergens that bother your asthma.
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You may need to see a specialist if you're thinking about getting allergy shots. These shots may lessen or prevent your asthma symptoms, but they can't cure your asthma.
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Asthma medicines can be taken in pill form, but most are taken using a device called an inhaler. An inhaler allows the medicine to go right to your lungs.
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Most people who have asthma need to take long-term control medicines daily to help prevent symptoms.
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Inhaled corticosteroids are the preferred medicines for long-term control of asthma. These medicines are the most effective long-term control medicine to relieve airway inflammation and swelling that makes the airways sensitive to certain substances that are breathed in.
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If your doctor prescribes a long-term control medicine, take it every day to control your asthma. Your asthma symptoms will likely return or get worse if you stop taking your medicine.
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All people who have asthma need a quick-relief medicine to help relieve asthma symptoms that may flare up. Inhaled short-acting beta2-agonists are the first choice for quick relief.
These medicines act quickly to relax tight muscles around your airways when you're having a flareup. This allows the airways to open up so air can flow through them.
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You should take your quick-relief medicine when you first notice your asthma symptoms.
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31 Aug 08
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