Transition ends when your child: Knows and understands all about their asthma and triggers. Knows and understands all about their treatments. Knows and understands when their asthma is getting worse. Thinks they are ready to go to clinic on their own. When they can manage their own asthma. When their asthma care is the responsibility […]
A time to move on. Getting ready to move from the children’s asthma clinic to the adult clinic usually between the ages of 11 to 16. Your child learns about their asthma. Your child learns how to manage their asthma. Your dependent child is becoming an independent adult. The process of transition is gradual and […]
By the age of sixteen they are classed as an adult. May still benefit from supervision, reminding and help to get to appointments and prescriptions. They may be transferring from the child asthma services which they have been familiar with to adult asthma services. Your focus as a parent should be on stepping back and […]
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 they become teenagers they will be looking for control in their lives. Some may use asthma as a tool to gain control. Some may be in denial that they have asthma. Most don’t like to be different from other teenagers. Some teenagers forget or refuse to take regular inhalers for reasons above. This is […]
Make sure you have a personal asthma action plan. You can get this from your GP, practice nurse or respiratory team. You must understand what to do if you get early warning of an asthma attack or in an emergency. You should have an annual asthma review with your GP or respiratory nurse. Try to […]
Self management is about growing in confidence and gaining new skills, to help you manage your condition. This will be done with support from your health care professionals, carers and family. This does not mean that you have to cope alone or that the health care professionals are abandoning you. Self management is about you […]
If you have had asthma since childhood you may have seen many different healthcare experts, doctors and your GP. If you have been diagnosed with asthma as a young adult you may have many questions about what asthma is and how asthma will affect you. There are some important facts and tips you need to […]
After you have had an exacerbation or flare up, it is really worthwhile to work on your level of fitness after you have had a bad spell. Each person is different and you may take weeks rather than days to feel back to your usual self again. Your legs may feel weaker because you have […]
Self management is about growing in confidence and gaining new skills, to help you manage your child’s condition. Eventually as your child gets older, they will be able to take over and learn to self manage their asthma. This will be done with support from your health care professionals, carers and family. This does not […]
