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Asthma Education
Aka: Asthma Education
- See Also
- Asthma Management
- Management: Explain Pathophysiology
- Contrast between Asthmatic and normal lungs
- Describe what happens to airways in Asthma attack
- Explain Asthma as a chronic disease
- No Cure (although may resolve on its own)
- Management directed at achieving Asthma control
- Management: Describe Medication Roles
- Emphasize Long-term medications as key to control
- How Medications work
- Long-term medications reduce inflammation (e.g. Inhaled Corticosteroid)
- Short-term medications rescue from bronchospasm (e.g. Short acting beta agonist)
- Management: Skill Training
- See Inhaler Education
- See Metered Dose Inhaler
- See Inhalers above
- Inhaler technique teaching is billable (CPT 94664)
- Spacer and holding chamber use
- See Spacer Devices for Asthma Inhalers
- Monitoring methods
- Symptom monitoring
- Peak Flow meter
- Early recognition of exacerbation
- Written action plan
- Stepwise plan for exacerbations
- When and how to take Rescue medications
- Discuss Exercise
- See Breathing Exercises in Asthma
- Encourage regular physical Exercise as tolerated
- Carson (2013) Cochrane Database Syst Rev (9): CD001116 +PMID: 24085631 [PubMed]
- Management: Control Measures for Environmental Allergens
- See Environmental Allergen
- Tobacco Cessation and eliminate Secondhand Smoke exposure
- Animal Dander
- Remove animal from house
- Keep animal out of patient's bedroom
- Install Filter on bedroom air duct
- House-Dust mites
- Encase mattress and pillow in impermeable cover
- Wash bedding weekly in hot water
- Reduce indoor humidity <50%
- Remove dust "collectors" from room
- Cockroaches
- Set traps
- Preventative measures
- Pollens
- Keep windows closed during the season
- Indoor Mold
- Fix leaks and other water sources of mold growth
- Reduce indoor humidity to <50%
- Clean