The following organizations are good resources for information on asthma and allergies:
- Allergy and Asthma Network -- allergyasthmanetwork.org/
- American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology -- www.aaaai.org/
- American Lung Association -- www.lung.org/
- Healthy Children.org -- www.healthychildren.org/English/Pages/default.aspx
- Food Allergy Research and Education (FARE) -- www.foodallergy.org/
- Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America -- www.aafa.org/
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- www.cdc.gov/asthma/
- United States Environmental Protection Agency -- www.epa.gov/asthma
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases -- www.niaid.nih.gov/diseases-conditions/asthma
- National Library of Medicine, MedlinePlus -- medlineplus.gov/asthma.html
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute -- www.nhlbi.nih.gov/
Alternative Names
Resources - asthma and allergy
Patient Instructions
- Allergic rhinitis - what to ask your doctor - adult
- Allergic rhinitis - what to ask your doctor - child
- Asthma and school
- Asthma - control drugs
- Asthma in adults - what to ask the doctor
- Asthma in children - what to ask your doctor
- Asthma - quick-relief drugs
- Exercise-induced asthma
- Exercising and asthma at school
- How to use a nebulizer
- How to use an inhaler - no spacer
- How to use an inhaler - with spacer
- How to use your peak flow meter
- Make peak flow a habit
- Signs of an asthma attack
- Stay away from asthma triggers
Review Date 4/18/2024
Updated by: Linda J. Vorvick, MD, Clinical Professor, Department of Family Medicine, UW Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Also reviewed by David C. Dugdale, MD, Medical Director, Brenda Conaway, Editorial Director, and the A.D.A.M. Editorial team.