| • | Getting Started It's easy to figure out if you have asthma if a sudden attack leaves you short of breath. But how do you know if you have a milder form of this disease? |
| • | Diagnosing Asthma If your health care professional thinks you have asthma, he or she will take your history and may have you undergo several diagnostic tests. |
| • | Dealing With A New Diagnosis No one knows why, but the number of people with asthma increased significantly during the 1980s and through the mid-1990s. |
| • | Classifying Your Asthma Everyone's asthma is different, because the things that influence the onset and severity of symptoms vary from person to person. |
| • | Measuring Your Breath With A Peak Flow Meter This simple device measures the strength of your breath when you breathe out hard. |