Asthma

Asthma is a disease that affects your lungs. It is one of the most common long-term diseases of children, but adults can have asthma, too. Asthma causes wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and coughing at night or early in the morning. If you have asthma, you have it all the time, but you will have asthma attacks only when something bothers your lungs.

What is needed to help control your child’s asthma in school?
An Asthma Action Plan, please make sure to obtain a current plan from your Healthcare Provider prior to each school year.

Asthma Action Plan
Plan de Acción para el Asma

Resources for Parents and Families:

Help Your Child Gain Control Over Asthma
Ayude a su niño a controlar el asma

Know How To Use Your Asthma Inhaler
Sepa cómo usar su inhalador para el asma

Source:
Center for Disease Control and Prevention