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Exactly what you choose to monitor at home will depend on your individual asthma and situation so this is best discussed with your doctor or nurse. Here we will look at a number of possibilities, which can be broadly divided into two groups: things which reflect how well you are and things which can affect how well you are. Things you can monitor which reflect how well you are include your day and night asthma symptoms, morning and evening peak flow readings, whether or not your activities were restricted by your asthma, whether it was bad enough to keep you off work or school, and how much of your reliever medication you needed each day. Things which can affect how well you are include the treatments for asthma which you use each day, and any triggers which you encounter. You can obtain more detailed information by going to the commonly asked questions below. What should I be monitoring at home and why?

Topic "Take Control" Updated 14th August 2003

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