If you or your child has asthma, we can help you and your doctor control the asthma better. Asthma is a disease that makes it hard to breathe.

People with asthma:

• Are often short of breath
• Make a whistling sound when they breathe
• Have tightness in their chest
• Cough a lot, especially at night

Asthma can be controlled. We can help you:

• Identify things that cause an asthma attack
• Know when an asthma attack is occurring soon enough to prevent serious complications
• Get the right medicine and devices to prevent an attack
• See your doctor for treatment

Health Related Audio, Podcasts and Video:

(Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC)

Asthma:

• Childhood Asthma (Video) – discusses how you can manage asthma to help prevent attacks or decrease the overall health effects of this disease.
• Your Child with Asthma Needs a Flu Shot! (Audio Podcast) – discusses the importance of the flu vaccine for children with asthma.
• Breathe Easier: Learn About Asthma: A Minute of Health with CDC (Audio Podcast, short-version) – discusses how people can manage asthma to help prevent attacks or decrease the overall health effects of this disease.
• Breathe Easier: Learn About Asthma: A Minute of Health with CDC (Audio Podcast, full-length version) – discusses how people can manage asthma to help prevent attacks or decrease the overall health effects of this disease.
• Breathe Easier: A Cup of Health with CDC (Audio Podcast) – discusses why, when asthma is combined with a case of the flu, the risk for serious medical consequences is higher than normal.