Asthma Information for Teens

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

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Even with asthma, you 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 your asthma care

This teen section will help you learn all about asthma.  This section is available in Spanish.  This will take you to the asthma topics.

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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?
• What is the pollen count for today?