Caring for your child's asthma

The Asthma Foundation of WA and Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) for Children have created this information booklet as a helpful resource for anyone who cares for a child with asthma.

Contents

• About asthma
• Why do people get asthma in the first place?
• How common is asthma?
• What are the signs that your child may have asthma?
• What triggers asthma?
• Keeping your child's asthma under control:
  1. Give asthma medications:
     1. Relievers
     2. Preventers
     3. Symptom controllers
     4. Combination medications
     5. Medication delivery devices
  2. Know your child's triggers
  3. Visit your doctor regularly
  4. Have a written Asthma Action Plan
  5. Monitor your child's asthma
  6. Encourage exercise

There are two versions, a full colour version that has the pictures of medications, and a version for printing that has fewer pictures.

• Caring for your child's asthma - colour booklet (3425kb)
• Caring for your child's asthma - print version booklet (453kb)

Visit the PMH website

This booklet is published for information only and should not be used in place of medical advice. If you would to speak to an asthma educator about childhood asthma, please call the Foundation on (08) 9289 3600.