1. Use Low-Dose Corticosteroids
Your doctor may treat mild asthma with the lowest dose of corticosteroid medication that will effectively control your symptoms. In most cases, you won't have to take medicine more than once daily, and this preventative treatment will usually curtail asthma attacks. Your doctor will probably instruct you on the use of an inhaler so you can take bronchodilators to open your air passageways during an attack.
2. Know Your Triggers and Control Your Environment
Often, avoiding inhaled irritants is enough to manage a mild case of asthma. If you are diagnosed with extrinsic asthma, your condition may be triggered by inhaling substances that cause inflammation in your air passages. Your trigger might be anything from dust to cigarette smoke. If you identify what causes your asthma symptoms and steer clear of it, you'll probably suffer acute attacks only rarely, if at all.
3. Stop Problems BeforeThey Start
Depending on how mild a case of asthma you have, you may use a peak air flow meter to measure how much air you're drawing into your lungs. This device warns you when your airways are starting to constrict by indicating a decrease in the amount of air you can fully inhale. If you suffer occasional acute episodes even though your asthma is mild, this device can prevent attacks. Treat an attack with medications, as directed by your doctor, if you notice a downward trend in your peak air flow volume after exposure to irritants or if you notice the onset of breathing troubles.
