Asthma
Asthma1 is a disease that affects your lungs. Asthma can cause repeated episodes of wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and nighttime or early morning coughing. Your doctor can help you learn how to manage your asthma.
Asthma1 is a disease that affects your lungs. Asthma can cause repeated episodes of wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and nighttime or early morning coughing. Your doctor can help you learn how to manage your asthma.
Asthma is a disease that affects the lungs. In most cases, we don’t know:
If you have asthma, you can control it2 by:
Asthma3 is one of the most common long-term diseases of children, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A child who has asthma may not experience symptoms. A child only will have an asthma attack when something bothers his or her lungs.
If you think your child has asthma, talk to your doctor. Your doctor may prescribe an inhaler for your child to use when he or she has an asthma attack.
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Your doctor also can help you identify and learn how to address your child’s asthma triggers.
If you or your child has asthma, our Community Management Department can connect you with resources in your community. Call us at 813-392-5303 (TTY: 711), Monday – Friday, from 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m., Eastern time.
If you have asthma, many things indoors can cause an asthma attack.4 You spend most of your time indoors, according to the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Indoor allergens and irritants can make asthma worse and/or trigger asthma:
If you have asthma, you may react to one or more triggers. Some common triggers include:
Talk to your doctor about:
If you have asthma, ask your doctor about helping you with an asthma action plan. An asthma action plan encourages self-management of asthma and includes:
You and your doctor should update your action plan every year.