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4 STEPS TO CONTROL YOUR ASTHMA
WHAT IS ASTHMA?
Asthma is a chronic (long-term) disorder in which the airways
become swollen, inflamed and clogged, which makes it hard
to breathe. Severe or difficult-to-control asthma is more serious
and a greater threat to your health.
1
Discuss symptoms with your doctor
and how asthma affects your daily life
2
Work with your doctor to create
an Asthma Action Plan to prevent
and minimize symptoms
3
See your doctor regularly to review
and refine your Asthma Action Plan
4
If you continue to have symptoms that
disrupt everyday activities despite
following your action plan, visit a specialist
such as an allergist or pulmonologist
Why do we need planned and major gifts?
New planned and major gifts from Founders Society members to the CHEST Foundation
endowment will secure the foundation’s future. Becoming a self-sustaining foundation
by growing our endowment helps ensure that critical programs—including clinical
research, community service, and patient education—can continue to have a significant
impact on lung health well into the future.
...critical programs—can
continue
to have a significant impact on
lung health well into the future.