If you are an Asthma patient, you should know when to get help-

Seek medical attention if you notice:

• Increasing use of your rescue inhaler
• Nighttime symptoms wake you up.
• Difficulty speaking full sentences.
• Blue lips or fingernails
• Peak flow readings in the “red zone”

An Asthma Action Plan helps you know what to do and when.

Green Zone –means doing well

• No symptoms
• Sleep through the night.
• I can exercise normally.

Action: Take controller inhaler daily as prescribed

Yellow Zone – Getting worse

• Coughing, wheezing, chest tightness
• Waking at night
• Using rescue inhaler more often

Action: Use rescue inhaler (as directed), continue controller medication, reduce exposure to triggers, and monitor symptoms closely

 Red Zone – Medical Alert

• Severe shortness of breath
• Trouble speaking full sentences.
• Blue lips or fingernails
• Rescue inhaler not helping.

Action: Use rescue inhaler immediately and seek urgent medical care or emergency help

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