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Do You Know the Six Steps for Controlling Your Asthma?

Asthma is a chronic, ongoing lung disease that affects more than twenty four million
people in the United States. There are six key steps you can take to help manage
your asthma.

They include:

1. See your health care provider and get a written asthma treatment plan
2. Follow your written asthma treatment plan
3. Take all of your asthma medications as prescribed
4. Know what your triggers are and stay away from them
5. Know the early warning signs that your asthma is getting worse
6. Make a follow-up appointment with your health care provider to make sure that
   your asthma is under control

Although you can’t cure asthma, it can be controlled
and you should expect nothing less!

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Updated Credits for 2011-2012
The Pediatric/Adult Asthma Coalition of New Jersey is sponsored by the American Lung Association in New Jersey. This publication was supported by a grant from the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, with funds provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under Cooperative Agreement 5U59EH000491-04.  Its content are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services or the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Although this document has been funded wholly or in part by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under Agreement XA97250908-4 to the American Lung Association in New Jersey, it has not gone through the Agency’s publications review process and therefore, may not necessarily reflect the views of the Agency and no official endorsement should be inferred. Information in this publication is not intended to diagnose health problems or take the place of medical advice. For asthma or any medical condition, seek medical advice from your child’s or your health care professional.

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