Asthma management program
Health checks
Every year, ask your doctor about these wellness checks. You may need some of them more than once a year.
- Update your asthma action plan
- Review your quick-relief and long-term control medicines
- Take a pulmonary function test
- Get a flu shot
Also, check with your doctor to see if your pneumonia shot is up to date.
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the lungs and airways. When inflammation and swelling of the airways happen, it’s difficult for air to get in and out of the lungs. Our asthma program is part of our Disease Management program. We want to help you understand asthma and learn how to live well with it.
Managing asthma
Dust, pollen, tobacco smoke, animal dander and exercise are some of the things that can cause asthma to flare up. By following your treatment plan, there’s a lot you can do to live well. You can manage your condition and work with your primary care physician to:
- Create a personal adult asthma action plan (PDF) or child asthma action plan (PDF) with your primary care physician
- Use medicines correctly (if you use an inhaler, our inhaler record (PDF) can help you track when to get a new inhaler)
- Avoid, reduce or eliminate personal asthma triggers
- Quit smoking
Other Resources
- American Lung Association
- Michigan Asthma Communication Network
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services)
- New York Online Access to Health
Contact our Disease Management department
To talk with a Disease Management nurse, call us at 1-800-392-4247 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Log in to Member Secure Services and click the Health and Wellness tab for more health resources, including in-depth information about these conditions.
page modified 09/23/2011