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Asthma activity booklet
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What is asthma?
Asthma affects your airways.
Your airways are in your lungs. Your lungs look like big balloons and sit inside your ribcage.
Asthma can make it difficult for you to breathe and make you feel unwell.
We cannot make your asthma go away, but we can give you medicine to make your asthma better and allow you to be active with your friends.
When you have asthma it is as if you have ‘itchy’ airways that are swollen and ready to react when they come into contact with something they don’t like, a trigger.
Normal airway
Asthmatic airway
Asthmatic airway during an attack
Triggers
My asthma is making me feel unwell when I:
Allergic triggers
Animals
Dust
Mould
Pollen, grass and trees
Non-allergic triggers
Stress
Smoking and vaping
Pollution
Illness
Hormones
Exercise
Wheeze Cough (morning and night)
My chest feels tight
I’m breathing faster than
normal
Did you know?
On average 3 pupils in every classroom have asthma.
InhalersBlue inhaler – (Salbutamol)It makes breathing easier by relaxing the muscles around your airways. The blue inhaler only helps you feel better for up to four hours. It is used to help you stop feeling like you can’t catch your breath or if you’re having an asthma attack.
It does not stop an asthma attack from happening. It is sometimes also called a reliever inhaler.
Brown or orange inhaler – (Clenil or Fluticasone)Using this inhaler everyday treats your asthma – it can stop an asthma attack from happening when you are in contact with your trigger (the thing that makes your asthma worse).
This medicine stops your airways from being red and swollen (thicker), on the inside.
This inhaler is sometimes also called a preventer inhaler and builds up over time to protect your airways, which is why it is so important to use it every day.
Purple or red and white – (Seretide or Symbicort)These inhalers are called combination inhalers, because they have two medicines in them.
One of the medicines relaxes the muscles around your airways, to help keep your airways open. It is like the medicine in the blue inhaler, but it lasts for at least twelve hours.
The second medicine treats your asthma and can stop asthma attacks from happening when you are in contact with your trigger (the thing that makes your asthma worse). It’s the same as the medicine in a brown or orange inhaler.
These inhalers are also known as preventer inhalers, and started if the brown/orange inhaler is not helping as much as we would like.
My asthma triggers are:
Make sure you have your reliever inhaler (usually blue), with you.
You may need it if you are in contact with your triggers.Signs of asthma attack could include:• My blue reliever isn’t helping• I can’t talk easily• I’m breathing hard or fast• I’m coughing or wheezing a lot
If I still don’t feel any better after my 10 puffs, call 999 straight away.If I am still not feeling much better,
my reliever should be given. I should have 10 puffs, every 15 minutes while waiting for the ambulance.
Even if I start to feel better, I don’t want this to happen again, so I need to see my doctor or asthma nurse today.
When I have an asthma attack, I should: SIT UP - DON’T lie down. Stay calm.Take one puff of my reliever inhaler every 30-60 seconds, according to response,
up to a maximum of 10 puffs.
Asthma Action Plan. V.2 - November 2020
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Date of my asthma action plan: _____________________________________________
Date of next asthma review: __________________ With: _________________________
To get the most out for your asthma action plan:
• Please give a copy to your school• Take a photo on your/parents’ mobile phone so you always have it with you
• Put it on your fridge so you know where it is
What does my asthma action plan look like?
My asthma planName: Remember to use my spacer
if I have one
My best peak flow is:
Preventer name:
Colour:
Puffs morning:
Puffs bedtime:
I take this inhaler everyday even if I feel well.
Other asthma medicines that I take everyday
Reliever name:
Colour:
Puffs:
I take this inhaler when I cough, wheeze, my chest hurts or it’s hard to breathe.
If your child has had asthma symptoms for the
last few days, a cough/cold or is waking with
symptoms in the night - Start giving:
• 2-4 puffs of the reliever (usually blue)
inhaler 4 hourly
• Reduce the number of puffs
as symptoms settle and stop
• Always continue preventer inhaler
as prescribed.
If symptoms get worse, increase the reliever inhaler
(usually blue) to 6-8 puffs every 4 hours, then
arrange to see your asthma nurse or GP.
I need to see my GP or asthma
nurse about my asthma at least
once a year, more if:
• I take my blue inhaler
to do sports or activity
• Using my reliever 3 or more
times a week
• Coughing or wheezing at
night and in the morning
• Breathlessness
• Tight chest (for younger
children, tummy ache or
chest hurts)
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Asthma crosswordAnswersAcross 1. asthmaplan 2. spacer Down 1. lungs 2. airways 3. inhaler 4. nurse
Across1. The document you take
to school and have at home
2. What you use to deliver you inhaler medication
Down1. The organ that inflates
and deflates
2. Tubes in your lungs
3. Medication you must always have on you
4. The person you have seen at your appointment
1
2 4
1
3
2
Colour me inWhich of these famous people have asthma?
A) Harry Styles B) David Beckham C) Eminem D) Paula Radcliffe
AnswersAll of them.
Asthma triggers word search
Can YOU find some of the most common asthma triggers in the word search below?
DUST
EXERCISE
FOOD
HAYFEVER
HORMONES
MEDICATION
MOULD
POLLEN
POLLUTION
SMOKING
STRESS
VIRUS
V V S A P J D G U B D T E Q V
E I E J C O R J C Q E W S I W
R B N G R L L R C H N X R U J
A D O V G M M L W F V U E S D
X Y M C D Z B W E M S S Y T R
D X R J I M D C E N H L V R M
Z E O R H P F D X S F W V E Q
U R H K N O I T U L L O P S E
R B E V S C T Z X H R I T S I
Z H K V A C Z U P N U H I P G
S T B T E P S X H B J C X D O
X Z I U A F D Q X N R N E O T
W O Z Q W D Y K Q E D L U O M
N I R I N X S A X G Y G U F W
S M O K I N G E H X N D U M Z
Did you know?You should always take your inhalers that look like this with a spacer?
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Resources
Lewisham Children’s Community Asthma Nursing Team webpageExplains what we do and has several different resources
www.lewishamandgreenwich.nhs.uk/childrens-community-asthma-service/
Asthma UKThe UK’s leading asthma charity which delivers advice and support to over a million people affected by asthma each year.
www.asthma.org.uk
Allergy UKThe leading national charity dedicated to supporting people with allergies.
www.allergyuk.org
Beat AsthmaA campaign group run by a diverse group of health professionals, parents and children with asthma who are passionate about improving awareness and knowledge about children’s asthma.
www.beatasthma.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Read-more-.pdf
Healthy London PartnershipThis partnership aims to make London the healthiest global city by working together to improve Londoners’ health and wellbeing. They produce a helpful toolkit for parents and carers of children who have asthma.
www.healthylondon.org/resource/ london-asthma-toolkit/parents-and- carers/education-and-resources/
Colour me in illustrations by Emma Billingham
DisclaimerThe information in this leaflet is for guidance purposes only and is in no way intended to replace professional clinical advice by a qualified practitioner.
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University Hospital Lewisham on 020 8333 3355 or email [email protected]
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Version V1 December 2020REPU001131For reorder contact: [email protected]
Published: December 2020Review date: December 2023
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