How to avoid an asthma attack

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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