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(1) Spend a small amount of time spent each day monitoring your asthma: this can help you to stay well, understand and take control of your condition. (2) If you have had asthma for a long time and feel you are well controlled, monitor your condition at home for 2 or 3 weeks to see if you are really as well as you could be! (3) Use the Asthma Assistant Application to monitor your asthma; it has many advantages over conventional diary cards and enables you to keep track much more closely of your condition. (4) Always use the same peak flow meter to take your readings; meters can vary significantly from one meter to another even within the same make! If you get a new meter, re-establish your personal best peak flow on your new meter. (5) Asthma is a very individual condition; this means that your signs of good or bad asthma may be very different from someone else with asthma. This is why it is important to get to know your individual asthma; monitoring at home can help you achieve this. (6) Use the other sections of the Asthma Assistant site for more general information on asthma. (7) Take your records to your health professional. They can provide an excellent focal point for discussion and communication between you and your doctor or asthma nurse. This in turn, aids in education and successful management of your condition.

Topic "Take Control" Updated 14th August 2003

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