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Home > I Know Someone With Asthma > Tips for Talking About Asthma
Tips for Talking About Asthma
If you think your loved one or friend may have symptoms of asthma, encourage him or her to visit this website and take the Do You Have Asthma Test or print out the test and ask him/her the questions. Only a healthcare professional can properly diagnose and treat asthma.
You may find that even if someone knows they have asthma, or has what may be symptoms of asthma, they may feel that it is no big deal. Here are three points that might help them see things a bit differently:
1. Asthma is serious. Each year in the United States, about 5,000 Americans die from asthma and there are nearly 2 million asthma-related emergency room visits.
2. Asthma is unpredictable. Your asthma symptoms may seem mild or even nonexistent, but they can flare up and become severe at any time.
3. What you can't feel can hurt you. You can't feel it, but airway inflammation (swelling and irritation) is always there, even when you aren't having symptoms. If left untreated, inflammation may cause lung damage and a decline in lung function.
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