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Your Health Checklist: Finding Your Personal Best Peak
Your Health Checklist: Finding Your Personal Best PeakFlowYour healthcare provider may recommend that you self-monitor your asthma with a device called apeak flow meter. A peak flow meter measures how forcefully you can exhale. For best results, askyour healthcare provider to help you record your “personal best” peak flow and record it at the top ofyour asthma action plan.Follow this checklist to help you to find your personal best peak flow.Do: Track your peak flow at the same time every day for two weeks when your asthma is wellcontrolled.Do: Make a note of your highest reading during this time. This number will be your personal best peakflow. This is the number you will compare to any future reading.Do: Write down any peak flow number higher than your personal best and share this importantinformation with your healthcare provider at your next visit.If your asthma control improves, which may occur at different times of the year, your personal bestpeak flow reading may change.Do: Record a new personal best peak flow reading every time your replace your peak flow meter.Do not: Continue with your established personal best peak flow number if you get a new peak flowmeter.Follow this checklist to find your personal best peak flow reading and use this number to see how wellyour asthma is being managed.This program is for informational purposes only. Publisher disclaims all guarantees regarding the accuracy, completeness,or suitability of this video for medical decision making. For all health related issues please contact your healthcare provider.VER59017B EN YourHealthChecklistFindingYourPersonalBestPeakFlow.pdf© The Wellness NetworkPage 1 of 1
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