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Asthma episodes come and go, but the lungs stay sensitive to the things that cause asthma episodes. Preventive medicines can help, but you need to do more. Figure out what things start the asthma episodes. Talk with your doctor and write down what you or your child did and where you were before each asthma episode. The more you do to protect yourself and your child, the fewer asthma episodes you or your child will have and the less asthma medicine you will need. Click here for Asthma In Children Fact Sheet
The New York City Childhood Asthma Initiative is a citywide effort to reduce illness and death from childhood asthma in New York City by working to strengthen the ability of families, schools, communities, health care institutions and city government to control and prevent asthma. The Initiative works to:
Childhood Asthma Initiative |
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