Getting an Asthma Control Test may Offer Treatment Options

Getting an Asthma Control Test may Offer Treatment Options

One of the major reasons why people continue to die from asthma, especially adults, is because of ignorance.

They have asthma but don't take know about it or think it is well under control and therefore don't do what is needed to be done until they experience an asthmatic attack that is so severe it kills them.

Everyone gets to the point where they need
to try something to
gain a better quality of life and enjoy living
without the worry of Asthma Attacks

What if there was a way to DRAMATICALLY increase your Peak Flow breathing capacity

For just a minute think how great it would be without the Risk or Worry of :

Increased shortness of breath
Wheezing
Disturbed sleep caused coughing
Chest tightness or pain Increased need to use bronchodilators
A fall in peak flow rates

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This is a shame given the prevalence of medications and out ability to control the symptoms and outbreaks. Taking an asthma control test and completing a questionnaire is the first step on the road to reclaiming your life.

There is the need therefore for everyone at risk or who suspects they may be asthmatic to take the asthma control test and supporting questionnaire, including you. It doesn't matter if you 'think' your condition isn't asthma. The control test will determine this.

If you still wondering what The Asthma Control Test is, it is a kind of survey that was designed specifically for asthmatic patients to describe their asthma and how it affects them. A better understanding of the illness will result in better asthma control treatment plans.

Note that this control test is not to be used as a tool for asthma diagnosis, but for your doctor to help out with your treatment options.

So, necessary is this test that American Lung Association strongly supports it and encourages everyone with asthma to go for it... no matter how much control of their asthma they think they have.

The 5 questions asked in the Asthma Control Test include:

1. In the past 4 weeks, how much of the time did your asthma keep you from getting as much done at your work or home?

2. During the past 4 weeks, how often have you had shortness of breath?

3. During the past 4 weeks, how often did your asthma symptoms (wheezing, coughing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, or pain) wake you up at night or earlier than usual in the morning?

4. During the past 4 weeks, how often have you used your rescue inhaler or nebulizer medication (such as albuterol, Ventolin®, Proventil®, Maxair®, or Primatene® Mist)?

5. How would you rate your asthma control during the past 4 weeks?

After getting the results from this control test, the next 2 steps will be to take your score to your doctor and discuss your treatment options.

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Lung -- Balloon-like structures in the chest that bring oxygen into the body and expel carbon dioxide from the body.

Relief (rescue) Medications -- Classed as bronchodilators, these short-term medications provide immediate relief to the airways during asthma attack in progress. They do nothing to address the underlying inflammation which causes asthma flares.

Antigen -- An antigen is a substance that can trigger an immune response, resulting in production of an antibody as part of the body's defense against infection and disease. Many antigens are foreign proteins (those not found naturally in the body). An allergen is a special type of antigen that causes an IgE antibody response.

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