What you should do to avoid an attack and when to call your doctor.
Monitoring how to avoid another asthma attack
- Give all doses of medication as prescribed and continue until there has been no wheezing for 48 hours. If you wheeze often, consult your regular doctor.
- Take plenty of warm fluids.
- Try to identify substances that start your attacks and prevent them (e.g. fur from pets, dusts, smoke and polluted air).
- Many patients with asthma will develop wheezing in response to an infection. Consult your doctor early if you have flu or fever.
- Call your doctor quickly if:
- breathing difficulty occurs or worsens
- there is difficulty talking
- sweatiness, restlessness occurs
- lips or skin turn blue
- cough, fever, or chest pain occurs
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