You can't do it all by yourself. You need help from your doctor for everything at first. He must make the diagnosis, authorize tests, prescribe medicines and equipment, and teach you how and when to use them. lie is your best source of information about new treatments as they come available.
To enlist the cooperation of your doctor, tell him you want to learn about managing asthma, your asthma. He should be happy to help you learn. The more you learn, the less often you will have to trouble him with questions that are worrisome to you but routine and repetitious to him. He will be spared the day-to-day details of your illness. Like so many things in medicine, asthma management has become routine for doctors who deal with it all of the time.
Your doctor will appreciate your efforts to help. The more you learn, the easier it will be for the doctor to help you. What can you learn? Learn what the treatments are, learn how best to use them, learn when and how to stop using each medicine, and learn what treatment is most effective for you and when to begin. In short, learn all about your disease and its management. Everything you need to know is in this book. Learn how to use the information.
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