Title: Your Child's Asthma: Peak Flow Meters, Oximeters, and Spirometers
Headings: Your Child's Asthma: Peak Flow Meters, Oximeters, and Spirometers
Your Child's Asthma: Peak Flow Meters, Oximeters, and Spirometers
What is a peak flow meter?
Why should a peak flow meter be used?
How do you use a peak flow meter?
What are peak flow zones?
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How is a personal best peak flow measured?
When should a peak flow meter be used?
How can I get a peak flow meter?
What is an oximeter?
What is a spirometer?

Content: Stay away from asthma triggers. Use controller medicines every day. Use the reliever medicines 15 to 20 minutes before exercise if your child's asthma is triggered by exercise, as directed by your child's provider. Yellow
This is the caution or slow-down zone! This zone is from 50% to 80% of your child's personal best peak flow reading. This is a clue that his or her airways are starting to narrow. Your child may begin to have mild symptoms. Your child may be coughing, feeling tired, feeling short of breath, or feeling like his or her chest is tightening. These symptoms may keep your child from their normal activities or from sleeping well. To keep your child's peak flow numbers from getting worse and get your child's asthma back under control, you will need to: