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health
family
Summer • 2015
ASTHMA
MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
We have a
winner!
C
ongratulations to Lorena
for winning the iPod
nano in a raffle for the
Community Asthma Management
Class Series.
Lorena signed up for the
program and attended the class
series at the Lamont School
District Parent Center this past
October. is free class features
topics on how to manage asthma.
Lorena said the class helped her
manage her daughter’s asthma.
After the class, Lorena showed
her daughter how to correctly
use an inhaler. She learned about
asthma triggers and how to deal
with them at home. e use of
nontoxic cleaning ingredients has
also helped Lorena control her
daughter’s asthma. Lorena now
uses vinegar and baking soda
when cleaning at home. She avoids
harmful chemicals, such as bleach
and ammonia.
Want to learn more about
this program? Call
661-632-1590
(Bakers eld) or
800-391-2000
(outside Bakers eld) and ask for
the Health Education Department.
Get the most from
your medicine
A
spacer
is a plastic tube that is
placed on the mouthpiece of your
asthma inhaler. It can be used by
adults and children. When used,
a spacer creates space between
your mouth and the medicine. This
space helps the medicine break
into smaller droplets. The smaller
droplets can move more freely and
deeper into your lungs when you
breathe in your medicine.
In order for inhaled asthma
medicines to work well, they need
to reach your lungs. If you attach a
spacer to your inhaler, you can:
Help the medicine move past
your mouth and throat and get deep
into your lungs where it can do its
work.
Decrease the risk of thrush—a
yeast infection in your mouth or
throat.
Avoid problems trying to spray
and breathe at the same time.
Prevent breathing in the inhaled
medicine too fast.
Make it easier to take your
medicine when you are having
asthma symptoms.
To obtain an asthma spacer, ask
your doctor to write a prescription for
an asthma spacer. Then you can take
the prescription to a local pharmacy
to have it filled.
Source: American Lung Association