How can I ensure I am getting the optimal treatment for my asthma?
To ensure optimal treatment for your asthma, you must communicate openly with your doctor about your symptoms and how you feel. Watch family medicine physician Jennifer Caudle, DO, explain what to share with your doctor to best control symptoms.
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One of the ways that I'm going to know if your symptoms are well controlled and if you're doing well on your medications is by how often and how severe your symptoms are.
[GENTLE MUSIC]
One of the first things you can do is to really make sure that you're having an open and honest conversation with your physician.
Honestly, this is so important. As a family doctor, I see it all the time. So if you don't tell me exactly how often you're
getting your symptoms or the fact that they might wake you up out of sleep or the fact that you're not able to exercise because you wheeze or get short of breath, I may not
be able to help you in that way.
So think about it this way. When you see your doctor and you're talking about your asthma symptoms, really tell them.
Tell them not only how often you're needing to use your rescue inhaler but how severe your symptoms are getting when you get the symptoms and what the symptoms are keeping
you from being able to do. This will better help you and your doctor
figure out a great plan that's really going to work for you in treating your asthma. [GENTLE MUSIC]
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