Meet with your doctor regularly to discuss your symptoms and make any needed treatment adjustments. Overusing asthma medication can cause side effects and may make your asthma worse. Contact your doctor right away if your medication doesn't seem to ease your symptoms or if you need to use your quick-relief inhaler more often.ĭon't take more medication than prescribed without consulting your doctor first. Good long-term control helps you feel better from day to day and can prevent a life-threatening asthma attack. If you know you have asthma, work with your doctor to keep it under control.
To monitor your asthma after diagnosis. Treating asthma early may prevent long-term lung damage and help keep the condition from getting worse over time. If you have frequent coughing or wheezing that lasts more than a few days or any other signs or symptoms of asthma, see your doctor. Shortness of breath when you are doing minimal physical activity. No improvement even after using a quick-relief inhaler. Rapid worsening of shortness of breath or wheezing. Work with your doctor to determine what to do when your signs and symptoms worsen - and when you need emergency treatment. Severe asthma attacks can be life-threatening. When to see a doctor Seek emergency treatment Allergy-induced asthma, triggered by airborne substances, such as pollen, mold spores, cockroach waste, or particles of skin and dried saliva shed by pets (pet dander). Occupational asthma, triggered by workplace irritants such as chemical fumes, gases or dust. Exercise-induced asthma, which may be worse when the air is cold and dry. The need to use a quick-relief inhaler more oftenįor some people, asthma signs and symptoms flare up in certain situations:. 
Increasing difficulty breathing, as measured with a device used to check how well your lungs are working (peak flow meter). Asthma signs and symptoms that are more frequent and bothersome. 
Signs that your asthma is probably worsening include:
Coughing or wheezing attacks that are worsened by a respiratory virus, such as a cold or the flu. Trouble sleeping caused by shortness of breath, coughing or wheezing. 
Wheezing when exhaling, which is a common sign of asthma in children. You may have infrequent asthma attacks, have symptoms only at certain times - such as when exercising - or have symptoms all the time. Asthma symptoms vary from person to person.
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