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Asthma Center

Asthma: Live Your Best Life

Athletes and musicians with asthma prove you can reach any goal. All you need is a good daily care routine (and a stick-to-it mindset, of course).

Take Charge of Flare-Ups

What should you do if you have a flare-up? How can you tell if it's serious? And how do you prevent flare-ups in the first place?

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Watch Out for Triggers

Triggers are things that make a person's asthma worse. Knowing what can trigger flare-ups helps put you in charge of your asthma.

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Build Good Habits

Asthma is easier to manage when you develop good daily habits. Here are 7 simple things to do.

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Asthma Treatment

Using an asthma action plan

Printable action plan

Printable diary
Medicines, Tools, and Tests

How asthma medicines work

Getting a spirometry test
Living With Asthma

Asthma care at school

Travel tips for asthma

Exercise-induced asthma

Playing sports

Managing asthma gets easier with practice and experience. These tips can help you own your asthma for the long haul.

There's a link between allergies and asthma. Having allergies can sometimes make asthma symptoms worse.

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There are lots of reasons this might happen. Even a growth spurt can affect how medicines work. See your doctor to find out what's going on.

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Getting involved in some parts of your medical care now prepares you to handle everything as an adult.

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Lots of people with asthma are allergic to animals. Some can keep their pets — it depends on the pet and the person's asthma.

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