the street with their daughters. Text: May is National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month. " width="1067" height="1067" />Raise awareness about asthma by sharing these graphics and sample posts (in English and in Spanish) on your social media channels.
the street with their daughters. Text: May is National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month. " width="1067" height="1067" />
the street with their daughters. Text: May is National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month. " width="1067" height="1067" />
May is National Asthma & Allergy Awareness Month.
May is National Asthma & Allergy Awareness Month.
School staff can be a key part of your child's asthma care team.
Share your child's asthma action plan with the school nurse, teachers, or other trusted adults.
Pet dander, dust mites, pests, and smoke can all make asthma symptoms worse.
Ask a healthcare provider about your asthma triggers.
student sitting at a school desk. Icons of a school, teacher, nurse, and adult. Text: Managing asthma at school. Schools, like other enclosed spaces, can attract lots of allergens like dust mites, pests, and mold. Work with a healthcare provider to make an asthma action plan. Share it with your child's teacher, school nurse, and other trusted adults at school." width="2250" height="2250" />
student sitting at a school desk. Icons of a school, teacher, nurse, and adult. Text: Managing asthma at school. Schools, like other enclosed spaces, can attract lots of allergens like dust mites, pests, and mold. Work with a healthcare provider to make an asthma action plan. Share it with your child's teacher, school nurse, and other trusted adults at school." width="2250" height="2250" />
Managing asthma at school. Schools, like other enclosed spaces, can attract lots of allergens like dust mites, pests, and mold. Work with a healthcare provider to make an asthma action plan.
Share it with your child's teacher, school nurse, and other trusted adults at school.
Managing asthma at work. In the workplace, hundreds of things can trigger asthma like:
Asthma triggers can change over time. Your body may react differently after repeated exposures, such as at your workplace.
Talk to your healthcare provider if your asthma worsens after being at work.
Avoiding asthma triggers may help reduce the inflammation in your lungs, reduce symptoms, and reduce your need for emergency relief medication.
Asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood.
In an average classroom of 30 kids, about 3 have asthma.
About 4 in 10 children who wheeze when they get colds or respiratory infections will be diagnosed with asthma.
asthma rates by race/ethnicity: Black: 11%, American Indian/Alaska Native: 10%, White: 8%, Hispanic/Latino: 6%. Asthma rates differ among Hispanic/Latino people. While 6% of Mexican Americans have asthma, 15% of Puerto Rican Americans do." width="2250" height="2250" />
asthma rates by race/ethnicity: Black: 11%, American Indian/Alaska Native: 10%, White: 8%, Hispanic/Latino: 6%. Asthma rates differ among Hispanic/Latino people. While 6% of Mexican Americans have asthma, 15% of Puerto Rican Americans do." width="2250" height="2250" />
Asthma rates among multiple races and ethnicities.
Black Americans are almost four times more likely to be hospitalized because of their asthma than white Americans.
Latino woman outside using an inhaler. Text: Hispanic/Latino Americans are twice as likely to visit the ER for asthma than white Americans." width="1667" height="1667" />
Latino woman outside using an inhaler. Text: Hispanic/Latino Americans are twice as likely to visit the ER for asthma than white Americans." width="1667" height="1667" />
Hispanic/Latino Americans are twice as likely to visit the ER for asthma than white Americans.
An American Indian/Alaska Native woman smiling at the camera. Text: American Indians/Alaska Natives are 20% more likely to have asthma than white Americans." width="1667" height="1667" />
An American Indian/Alaska Native woman smiling at the camera. Text: American Indians/Alaska Natives are 20% more likely to have asthma than white Americans." width="1667" height="1667" />
American Indians/Alaska Natives are 20% more likely to have asthma than white Americans.
Women with asthma generally have more symptoms than men. They also rely more on rescue medications. Make sure your asthma action plan works for you.
Developing an asthma action plan for your child if they have asthma.
Asthma symptoms may include: coughing, wheezing, chest tightness, and shortness of breath.
Some signs and symptoms of asthma: ongoing coughing, shortness of breath, wheezing, chest tightness.
African Americans and Puerto Ricans are at higher risk of asthma than people of other races or ethnicities.
Asthma can affect people to all ages but often starts in childhood.
Asthma is a serious lung disease, causes chest tightness, wheezing and coughing, and can be controlled with proper treatment.
About 1 in 13 people in the U.S. have asthma.
Work with your health care provider to develop an asthma action plan.
Graphics (Spanish)
Mayo es el mes nacional de concientización sobre el asma y la alergia.
Trabaje con el pediatra de su hijo para desarrollar un plan de acción para el control del asma que funcione para su familia.
Evitar los desencadenantes del asma puede ayudar a reducir la inflamación de los pulmones, disminuir los síntomas y reducir la necesidad de medicación de rescate urgente.
Trabaje con su proveedor de salud para desarrollar un plan de acción para el control del asma que funciona para usted.
Su proveedor de salud puede diagnosticarle asma basado en su historia médica, un examen físico y otras pruebas.
Los afroamericanos y los puertorriqueños tienen un mayor riesgo de asma que las personas de otras razas o etnicidades.
