Preventing Attacks
Personal Asthma Action Plans
Everyone who has asthma should have a written personal asthma action plan. Your doctor or nurse should complete this in discussion with you. The plan will contain the information you need to keep control of your asthma, including details about your asthma medication, key things to tell you when your asthma symptoms are getting worse and what you should do about it, and emergency information on what to do if you have an asthma attack.
The plan allows you to vary and change your medication within agreed limits to gain better control of your asthma. Make sure you have your asthma reviewed once a year, or sooner if your symptoms are getting worse or you have severe asthma.
A key part of keeping your asthma under control is to continue taking your preventive medication as regularly as prescribed - even when you are feeling well - because it builds up over time to give your airways the protection they need.
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