A person suffering from asthma may experience a number of warning signs before an asthma attack. Thus it is really important to be aware of such signs in order to take the necessary precautions prior to the attack to minimize the effects. If appropriate measures are not taken, it might get quite problematic for the patient and difficult to tackle the situation. Asthma is a reversible disease and with proper treatment, the damage to the lung can be minimized to a great extent. It is really easy to predict an asthma attack. Thus it is possible to have certain countermeasures at hand to handle the situation.

Actually, when the airways overreact then certain changes occur which may signal the worsening of asthma control. Prediction can be easily done if the person is easily able to recognize the changes in the number of times one has to use the reliever medications, the effectiveness of the asthma medicines, and sleep pattern of the person, physical activity, breathing pattern and the peak flow meter readings. Other signs like inability to sleep at night, worsening of breathlessness as well as relief from Reliever drug indicate that asthma is getting severe.

Thus these indications can help the person to prepare oneself for the attack.