Mobile Applications

There are softwares and applications designed for smartphones that might help you keep yourself up-to-date efficiently or find the information you need.

Asthma

• Description: "This book gives you a detailed insight into the nature, causes and management of asthma. It is a skilful yet simple presentation of the medical facts about asthma, culled from the knowledge and experience of many doctors and scientists."

Asthma Journal

• Description: "Many doctors recommend Asthma patients to keep a daily journal to keep track of asthma symptoms, potential triggers, and medications. It helps doctors diagnose the cause of asthma and prescribe the most effective treatment. But, the paper and pencil based journals are hard to keep, and very difficult to sort through during the few precious minutes doctor spend with the patient in an office visit. The Asthma journal app changes that."

AsthmaMD

• Description: "The free application allows users to easily and quickly log their asthma activity, their medications, causes of their asthma in the form of a diary. Users may share the diary and a color graph chart of their asthma activities with their physicians to be included in their medical records."

Blausen Respiratory Atlas

• Description: "Now available, the Blausen Respiratory Atlas provides a comprehensive set of respiratory-related 3D animations, detailing 35 conditions and procedures. Whether respiratory specialist, general practitioner, student or consumer, this is an ideal resource for communicating core concepts, right in the palm of your hand and right at point of care. Derived from the Blausen Medical award winning, world`s largest medical animation library, the animations (each approximately 1-2 minutes in length) serve as an ideal starting point for patient understanding."

Inhaler Tracker

• Description: "This application, which has been tested by real asthma sufferers in the field will help you to track and record your inhaler. Designed to be quick and easy, you simply add the inhalers that you use and whenever you take a dose, you simply run the application and tap the entry for the corresponding inhaler. The remaining medication in each inhaler is clearly displayed to help you to anticipate when an inhaler will need replacing."

Living Well With Asthma

• Description: "This iphone application is a guide on how to live well with asthma through education and proper treatment. There is no cure for asthma, but it can be controlled to help you live a more productive and active life. Similarly, this guide will teach you each and everything you want to know about asthma, living well with asthma, treatment, diagnosis, precautions, asthma in children and so on…"