Asthma and Airway Centre

The Asthma Education Handbook

The Body and the Lungs

• How Asthma Affects the Lungs
  Information on the physiology of asthma and how asthma affects the lungs in relation to normal lungs as well as the priniciples of asthma management.
  
• Asthma and Exercise
  Dispels the myth that asthmatics cannot exercise and helps the individual to understand how to prevent exercise-induced asthma and steps to take to enjoy exercise.
  
• How Smoking Affects the Lungs
  A description on how smoking affects the lungs and how it (and second-hand smoke) affects asthmatics.
  
• Asthma and Pregnancy
  Steps on reducing risks that their newborn will later develop asthma, how asthma affects the pregnant mother and issues around taking medications while pregnant.