General education workshops cover
asthma as a disease, recognition of warning signs, recognition
and control of triggers and asthma medications.
Management topics include:
- Correct usage of inhalers with
practice sessions.
- Use of peak flow meters
and their importance in objectively evaluating
symptoms.
- Communicating with your physician, children's
schools and employers regarding asthma and its
management.
- Understanding how exercise affects
the disease.
- How to develop an emergency action
plan and its importance
in helping people
to live with asthma.
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