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It is important to learn how to control your own or your child's asthma! This page is intended to help answer some basic questions about asthma, and to help you find ways to learn more.
Asthma is a life-long disease of the lungs where there is swelling and tightening in the airways.
There is no cure for asthma, but symptoms can be prevented and controlled with proper care.
People with asthma can live normal, active lives. Common symptoms of asthma are coughing, wheezing and chest feeling tight.
If you answered YES to any question, see a doctor right away.
Yes. 320 Michiganders died from asthma between 2017-2019. Most of the deaths happened in Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties.
It is rare for someone to die from asthma. But, death can happen, even in people with mild asthma.
Talk to your/your child's doctor about any worries you have about asthma and how to get it under control.
People who have asthma have airways that are very twitchy or sensitive. Triggers are the things that make asthma symptoms start. It's important to find out what your/your child's asthma triggers are and learn how to control them.
Common asthma triggers include: smoke (cigarette, marijuana, incense); pollen; mold; pet fur; and dust. Staying away from triggers is a big part of controlling asthma.
Each person can have different asthma triggers.
To help you find out what your/your child's asthma triggers are, it may help to keep an asthma diary, where you write down what you/your child were doing and where you were when symptoms started. This will help you find out if being near certain things causes your/your child's symptoms. For example, if the symptoms are worse when you make your bed or vacuum, dust mites may be a trigger.
You should have a doctor visit for asthma every year, where you make an asthma action plan together.
An asthma action plan tells you what to do to keep control of your/your child's asthma and what to do if symptoms start or get very bad. Many doctors like you to call them at the first sign that symptoms are getting worse.
You will need a new asthma action plan every time medications used to treat your/your child's asthma are changed.
Learn how to get the most from your doctor visits for asthma
There are many ways to treat asthma.
Inhalers or puffers make medicine go right to the lungs, and pills/syrup go through the whole body before getting to the lungs.
There are two main kinds of asthma medicines:
Most rescue medicines - and some long-term control medicines - need to be used with a spacer to make sure the most medicine gets to the lungs. Michigan Medicaid plans allow four spacers every year, and you can get them at the pharmacy.
Sometimes, medicine for allergies or reflux helps prevent asthma symptoms. If symptoms get bad enough, the doctor may tell you/your child to take steroid pills or syrup. No matter what the doctor tells you to take, be sure you know exactly how and when to take it.
Ask questions about how to use your inhaler at the doctor's office and pharmacy. Ask your doctor for an asthma action plan that tells you when and how to use each medicine.
The best place to get help for asthma is at the doctor's office. It's a good idea to have a talk with the doctor about the things that make it hard for you to take care of your/your child's asthma.
There are lots of ways to get help for asthma. But, if you don't talk about it, then they can't help you find ways to make things easier.
If you don't have a doctor, you can get one by calling your health plan or a local Federally Qualified Health Center.
In Genesee, Ingham, Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties, there are programs that offer one-on-one help with an asthma educator. Visits by these MATCH (Managing Asthma Through Case-management in Homes) programs are often paid for by Medicaid health plans.
For every classroom in Michigan with 30 children in it, two may have asthma. This chronic disease causes unnecessary restriction of childhood activities and is a leading cause of school absenteeism. Asthma can be controlled, though, and with proper treatment and support, children with asthma can lead fully active lives.
Marijuana and Asthma
MDHHS-Asthma@michigan.gov
Asthma Program, Division of Chronic Disease and Injury Control
Asthma in Michigan website