AsthmaHero - Interactive App for Children with Asthma

AsthmaHero is an interactive mobile app designed to help children with asthma track their symptoms, medications, and triggers.

AsthmaHero FAQ

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How does asthma treatment work?

Many asthma treatments can ease your symptoms. Your doctor will work with you to make an asthma action plan that will outline your treatment and medications. They might include: Inhaled corticosteroids. These medications treat asthma in the long term. That means you’ll take them every day to keep your asthma under control.

Is asthma a lifelong condition?

Asthma is a lifelong condition. Although most people who have asthma will always have asthma, most people can be symptom-free with a good treatment and self-management plan. If you’ve been diagnosed with asthma as a child, your asthma might improve or disappear completely as you get older, particularly if the asthma was mild.

What is bronchial asthma?

Asthma is a long-term disease of the lungs. It causes your airways to get inflamed and narrow, and it makes it hard to breathe. Severe asthma can cause trouble talking or being active. You might hear your doctor call it a chronic respiratory disease. Some people refer to asthma as " bronchial asthma ."

When does asthma start?

Asthma can start at any age but it most often starts in childhood. Asthma runs in some families but many people with asthma have no other family members affected. Many people with asthma find their symptoms get worse in the winter months. So how can asthma be...

What are the symptoms of asthma?

Common asthma symptoms are: Coughing. Wheezing. Breathlessness. Feeling of chest tightness. Asthma symptoms can range from mild to severe between different people and at different times in the same person. Each episode of asthma symptoms could last for an hour or so, or persist for days or weeks unless treated.

How serious is asthma?

How serious asthma is varies from person to person. There are different types of asthma too. Someone with severe asthma (which affects around 5% of all people with asthma) can have symptoms most of the time and find them very hard to control.