Australian asthma management guidelines have been upgraded for healthcare professionals and sufferers of the condition.
An updated Australian Asthma Handbook for healthcare professionals and the My Asthma Guide for people with the condition will be released today at the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners in Melbourne.
The revised edition includes information on thunderstorm asthma, hay fever, and asthma triggers, links about medications and instructions on first-aid for the condition.
Guidelines committee chair Amanda Barnard says the handbook made by a team of experts, sets the standard for the treatment of 2.7 million Australian asthma sufferers.