You should manage your asthma in the same way as usual during pregnancy. Your inhalers are safe for you and are not know to harm your baby. You can increase your dose of inhaler as indicated in your asthma plan if you start to feel more breathless. For example you may need to increase the […]
If you have furry pets, regular grooming and bathing them can help. If you have asthma get someone else to do this. If you have caged birds or small animals such as gerbils, guinea pigs or hamsters get someone to clean out their cage daily. If you can’t give a larger dog or cat a […]
Busy year at school with national exams. Don’t want asthma to interfere with their life. Often choose to use their inhalers and take more responsibility for this. Some teenagers will be tempted by risky behaviours such as alcohol, drugs or smoking. Look out for this as it can affect their asthma control and effectiveness of […]
As the child grows they will often be so busy and distracted they don’t even notice their symptoms. You will say “take your inhaler” and they will say “in a minute” and in a minute will probably have forgotten! Your child needs constant reminders to take inhalers until a regular routine is established. They still […]
Some children at this age will be used to their inhalers and will take them with no problems. Some may occasionally fight taking inhalers but this tends to happen less often as they get used to them and you can reason with the child to a some extent. Parents still need to recognise and manage […]
At this age children will question everything and push their boundaries. You still need to manage everything about their asthma, but they may question why they need more inhalers/medicine and sometimes they won’t be cooperative because they are too young to fully understand. Children at this age need to have an instant reward or consequence […]
The following pages are a guideline to what your child should be expected to cope with in relation to their asthma. You know your child better than anyone else so some of the age guidelines may vary from child to child. Your child will need you to take them to regular appointments with their asthma […]
Information Remember if your child’s asthma is getting out of control or an attack is coming on, an early sign may be waking at night with coughing or wheezing. Follow your child’s action plan, give them 5 puffs of their blue reliever inhaler and check to see if it helps and how long for. Seek […]
It’s fine to send your child for a sleepover as long as you have checked a few things first Chat to the other parents who will be supervising the sleepover. Make sure there are no pets in the house which are known triggers for your child (even if the pet left less than 6 months […]
Some ways you can help are: Remember to give your child their preventer in the evening. Avoid bringing triggers into their bedroom such as aerosol sprays, plug in air fresheners, pets, cigarette smoke. Keep room well ventilated. Avoid anything which causes dampness such as drying clothes in bedrooms or using a humidifier. This can lead […]
