Determining the causes of your asthma attacks is the first step to changing any facets of your life to reduce the risk of future asthma attacks. Working with your doctor to figure out what you were doing prior to having an attack will help pinpoint the cause. From there you and your doctor or asthma specialist can talk through options to help control it or avoid your triggers, such as avoiding chemicals that aggravate it, reduce your exposure to air pollutants, lose weight and maintain good hygiene to avoid catching colds or flus. Asthma attacks are treatable with a rescue inhaler, which your doctor can prescribe to you for emergency use. You and your doctor should review your asthma treatment plan on a regular basis to ensure your asthma is staying under control. If you are seeing an increase in the frequency of your asthma attacks, the symptoms are getting worse, the inhaler isn’t helping as much as it used to or you are on new medications, your doctor may need to change up your treatment plan.