Asthma Information for Parents

Learn all about asthma.  Learn how to manage your child’s asthma.  Learn about symptoms, medicine and more.

Even with asthma, your child should be able to:

• Run, play and do sports without asthma symptoms
• Sleep through the night without asthma symptoms
• Have strong lungs
• Not miss school because of asthma
• Have no (or very few) hospital visits for asthma
• Control asthma using medicines with as few side effects as possible
• Feel good about his or her asthma care

This parent section will help you learn all about asthma.  The section is also available en Español.

Learn all about Asthma

Get the basics:

• What is Asthma?
• What causes asthma? 
• Does your child have asthma?
  
• Should you go to an asthma expert?
  
• What are your asthma goals? 
• Definitions of asthma-related words
• Asthma information for kids. 

DPS Asthma Program "ABC's of Asthma"

What makes asthma worse?

What types of medicines are there?

Living with Asthma:

• Keeping on top of asthma
• An action plan for asthma
• Living with asthma
• Remember your goals!

Additional Asthma Information:

• What is asthma?
• What triggers asthma?
  
• What is exercise induced asthma?
• What medicines are used to treat asthma? 
• What is a metered dose inhaler (MDI)? 
• What is a peak flow meter? 
• An Asthma Action Plan
• What is second hand smoke?