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Your Health Checklist: Keeping an Asthma Diary
Your Health Checklist: Keeping an Asthma DiaryA daily asthma diary provides a valuable snapshot of how well your asthma treatment is working andcan help you and your doctor determine if any changes need to be made.Follow this checklist to help you keep an asthma diary so you can see how well your asthma is beingmanaged.Do: Keep track of your medications and the dosage.Do: Mark down anytime you have had to use your rescue inhaler and what may have triggered it.Do: Note when you have any symptoms, including what you were doing, where you were, and whatyou were around.Do: Review your symptoms. You might discover you have another asthma trigger.Do: Track your peak flow readings.Do: Take your asthma diary to your next healthcare appointment. Together with your healthcareprovider, review your notes and make changes to your action plan if needed.Do Not: Skip writing down any information that might be valuable to your asthma management.Do Not: Make changes to your asthma action plan without talking to your healthcare provider first.By following this checklist you may find that your asthma is being managed successfully. That, ofcourse, is the ultimate goal and keeping an asthma diary can help you reach it.This program is for informational purposes only. Publisher disclaims all guarantees regarding the accuracy, completeness,or suitability of this video for medical decision making. For all health related issues please contact your healthcare provider.VER58998B EN YourHealthChecklistKeepingAnAsthmaDiary.pdf© The Wellness NetworkPage 1 of 1
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