The best way to illustrate how the Asthma Assistant Application might help you is to look at some hypothetical case studies based on real life examples.

The benefits of monitoring your asthma at home have been dealt with in Getting to Know Your Asthma. Make sure you are familiar with the contents of this topic: it will help you understand the following case studies. Each case study uses sample sections from one or more of the three main Asthma Assistant reports to illustrate how using the program can help people with asthma. A number of different situations are considered. Remember that these are selected examples. The aim is to highlight some of the unique features of the Asthma Assistant Application and how it could help you take control of your condition.

Go directly to each of the following examples.

Helping Your Doctor to Assess You
Decreasing Your Medication Safely
Following an Asthma Attack
Preventing an Asthma Attack
Identifying Your Triggers
Increasing your Asthma Medication
Starting a New Medication
As Part of your Self-Management Plan