What would be your first piece of advice to someone newly diagnosed with Asthma?

For most people diagnosis throws up a heap of unanswered questions that can be quite bewildering. Please look back at your own experience and try to think if there’s anything YOU would have like to have been told

[Powerpup]

Try not to panic. Develop an emergency plan.

[ZoeyLynn]

dont panic, get a rescue inhaler, have an emergency plan, get a Medical Id

[runnerwithasthma2559]

Hello Community Moderator and Everyone Else

My advice is to learn the relationship between asthma and physical exercise. Exercise can improve or worsen asthma symptoms depending on how it is done. I offer my years of experience dealing with this in my book, "Running with Asthma: An Asthmatic Runner's Memoir," available on amazon.com.

Yours for better breathing,

John Terry McConnell