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The Asthma Control Map

Use the information below as a guide for how well your asthma is currently controlled. Want to print this information out to have handy it in your home? Click here.

Doing Well
  • No cough, chest tightness, wheezing, or trouble breathing
  • You can do all of the things you want to do
  • When using a peak flow meter, your peak flow is 80% or more of your best peak flow
Getting Worse
  • Some cough, chest tightness, wheezing, or trouble breathing
  • You wake up at night because of your asthma
  • You can’t do some of the things you want to do
  • When using a peak flow meter, your peak flow is 50%-75% of your best peak flow
Medical Alert
  • You are struggling a lot to breathe
  • Your rescue medicines are not helping
  • You can’t do any of the things you want to do
  • You were in the yellow zone for 24 hours and are not improving
  • When using a peak flow meter, your peak flow is <50% of your best peak flow

 

Adapted from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Asthma Action Plan and the National Institute of Health Asthma Action Plan. These can be found at https://www.cdc.gov/asthma/actionplan.html and https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health-topics/all-publications-and-resources/asthma-action-plan.