Pregnancy and Asthma

In this episode, Jennifer Namazy, MD, talks about how pregnancy can affect asthma and the importance of managing asthma while pregnant. She discusses the importance of medicine, the RSV vaccine and the Breathe 4 Baby initiative. The episode also highlights the significance of education for both people with asthma and health care professionals.

 

Resources:

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV): aafa.org/RSV

- AAFA’s online support community: aafa.org/join

- Black Women with Asthma Alliance: aafa.org/joinbwaa

- Asthma during pregnancy: aafa.org/pregnancy

• Pregnancy and Lactation Asthma Action Plan
• Pregnancy and Lactation Asthma Control Test
• Medicine safety fact sheets

 

Disclosure: This episode was produced by the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America with support provided under a cooperative agreement (5 NU59 EH001252) with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Environmental Health, Atlanta, Georgia. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.