What to Expect from 治疗?

With treatment, asthma can be controlled, although it cannot be cured. Many people with asthma use medicines prescribed by their doctor to prevent or relieve symptoms, and they can learn how to manage flare-ups. Most people with asthma can gain control of illness and live an active life. Results of treatment include:

正常的生活!
A full night sleep without waking up from coughing
A clear chest in the morning
Ability to go school or to work
Ability to play in sports and exercise
No side effects from medicines
No emergency room visits or hospital stays

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治疗目标

Prevent long-term symptoms such as coughing or shortness of breath in the early morning, at night or after exercise.
Maintain of your near normal lung tests
Maintain of your normal activity level
Prevent of flare-ups of asthma
No need for emergency room and hospital visits
Provide the best treatment with the little medications as possible and little or no side effects
Satisfy you and your families needs with your asthma care

Effective 治疗 Programs

Measures of lung function called pulmonary function tests
Environmental control/clean-up
药物
Routine asthma visits to your doctor

Learning When to Get Help

People who have asthma should have a plan of how to get medical help quickly in case of a severe attack. Having a friend or partner who can help them get to an emergency room or clinic is a good start.

Common Early Warning Signs

Feeling of being tired
咳嗽
Throat tightness or chin tightness
流鼻涕或鼻塞
喜怒无常
打喷嚏
呼吸的变化
头疼
睡眠问题
Poor tolerance for exercise
Downward trends in peak flow breathing test
Dark circles under eyes

What Should I Do During an Attack?

Use rescue medications as directed
Get help if symptoms do not get better

When to Call Your Doctor

如果出现下列情况，请致电医生:

Your nostrils flare(become larger while breathing in)
Your breathing is faster than normal
你焦躁不安
You cannot take fluid or medication by mouth
药物 are not working

寻求紧急护理

Seek emergency care if you have one or more of these severe symptoms:

Difficulty thinking or talking
呼吸急促（气促）
Hunched shoulders (posturing)
Use of your neck area, between or below the ribs moving inward to help breathing, called retractions
Gray or blue tint to skin, beginning around your mouth (cyanosis)
If you complain of chest pain and become sweaty
If you continue to wheeze and breath hard, even though you have used your rescue medicines