Asthma reliever medicines work as bronchodilators – they relax the muscle around your airways, making the passages themselves wider.
hay fever
Asthma and pollen
Find out how pollen affects asthma, which plants typically cause allergies and how to minimise your exposure to pollen.
Buteyko breathing for asthma
The Buteyko breathing method focusses on the rhythm and rate of breathing, aiming to slow down breathing rate and regulate rhythm. Breathing through the nose, rather than the mouth, may also help improve asthma symptoms.
Asthma: preventer medications
Preventers are anti-inflammatory medicines. They make your airways less sensitive and help keep your airways open so that you have less chance of having an asthma attack, or flare-up.
