PREVENTION++by+helen+and+jennifer

=How is asthma prevented? =  To prevent asthma attacks, one can avoid asthma triggers, use air conditioners and air filters, take medication, and work with a health-care provider to create an asthma action plan. One of the most important ways to prevent asthma symptoms is to create an action plan and working with a doctor. This allows people experiencing asthma to prevent triggers of asthma attacks and still be able to exercise and lead a normal, healthy life.

[]  Avoiding asthma triggers: stay away from pets and flowers, exercise carefully. Using air conditioners and air filters: this will clear the air of triggers Take medication: quick-relief medicines to stop symptoms and long-term medicines to prevent symptoms Work with a health-care provider to create an asthma action plan: it's important for a person with asthma to speak with their doctor and develop a plan for what to do during emergency situations. media type="custom" key="3627713" This video by Dr. William Berger details how to prevent asthma media type="custom" key="3627721" This video by Dr. William Berger details how to prevent triggers when it is hard to avoid triggers

Asthma cannot be totally prevented, yet the measures listed above can be taken to control asthma. Perhaps future technology will allow doctors to cure asthma completely, but for now there is no way to prevent getting asthma or cure asthma. QUIZ QUESTION: What ways can people with asthma avoid attacks? =|| CAUSE || EFFECTS || TREATMENT || HOME ||CHOICE|| NOTES || MLA || =