This is a great post I found today at “Everyday health” by
Roughly 25 million people in America face the challenge of
living with asthma — as do those who love them. Family members
worry, feel stressed, and have many questions. But people living
with asthmatics can do a number of things to make life easier,
both for them and their loved ones. - Be familiar with their
asthma action plan. An asthma action plan is a written outline
that details for you and the person with asthma how to take
medications and what to do if certain symptoms appear or an
attack seems imminent. - Keep necessary medications on-hand. “If
there is any one drug that most asthmatics should have on board,
it would probably be the albuterol inhaler,” says Richard
Castriotta, MD, associate director of the division of pulmonary,
critical care and sleep medicine at the University of Texas
Houston Medical School. The majority of asthmatics can get quick
relief from these “rescue” inhalers, he adds. - Assist asthmatic
children with monitoring the