tracking your progess

Monitoring your child's asthma closely will help you to gain more control over your child's asthma and your lives. An Asthma Diary is a great tool that lets you track and log your child's asthma triggers and asthma medicines. This will not only help you work with your healthcare provider to find the right treatment option, but will also help you see patterns that can be useful in preventing or recognizing signs of an attack.

Keeping a daily asthma diary

An Asthma Diary is used to:

  • Record your child's asthma symptoms and peak expiratory flow (PEF) readings.
  • Compare their PEF readings with asthma zones.
  • Keep track of how often they use medications for attacks.

Keeping a diary can reveal useful patterns that will help you to:

  • Identify some of the triggers that may be causing symptoms.
  • Recognize signs of an asthma attack earlier.
  • Share this information with your healthcare provider to gauge how well your Asthma Action Plan is working. Remember to take your Asthma Diary to your healthcare provider visits.

asthma diary

Download this weekly Asthma Diary to use as a template to record your child's symptoms and progress.

 

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