Asthma Social Media Resources to Help People #BreatheBetter

Raise awareness about asthma by sharing these graphics and sample posts (in English and in Spanish) on your social media channels. 

Check out more asthma social media resources, including GIFs, infographics (Asthma, Asthma and Your Environment, and Asthma in Kids), Asthma in Our Communities resources, women and lung health graphics, state-based prevalence cards, and videos.

Graphics (English)
Two mothers crossing the street with their daughters. Text: May is National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month.
A father carrying his young daughter on his back. Text: May is National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month
A school nurse smiling while talking to a young student. Text: School staff can be a key part of your child's asthma care team. Share your child's asthma action plan with the school nurse, teachers, or other trusted adults.
A young family sitting in a living room with their pet dog. Text: Pet dander, dust mites, pests, and smoke can all make asthma symptoms worse. Ask a healthcare provider about your asthma triggers.
Illustration of a student sitting at a school desk. Icons of a school, teacher, nurse, and adult. Text: Managing asthma at school. Schools, like other enclosed spaces, can attract lots of allergens like dust mites, pests, and mold. Work with a healthcare provider to make an asthma action plan. Share it with your child's teacher, school nurse, and other trusted adults at school.
Illustration of a man wearing a safety vest and hard hat. Illustrations of metal shards, a bleach bottle, and hair dye. Text: Managing asthma at work. In the workplace, hundreds of things can trigger asthma, like metal dust, bleaches, and hair dyes. Asthma triggers can change over time. Your body may react differently after repeated exposures, such as at your workplace. Talk to your healthcare provider if your asthma worsens after being at work.
A young child sleeping in a bed. Text: Avoiding asthma triggers may help reduce the inflammation in your lungs, reduce symptoms, and reduce your need for emergency relief medication.
Illustration of children, a school desk, and lungs. Text: Asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood. In an average classroom of 30 kids, about 3 have asthma. About 4 in 10 children who wheeze when they get colds or respiratory infections will be diagnosed with asthma.
A U.S. map and a bar graph. Text: About 1 in 13 people in the U.S. has asthma. Some groups face a larger burden. U.S. asthma rates by race/ethnicity: Black: 11%, American Indian/Alaska Native: 10%, White: 8%, Hispanic/Latino: 6%. Asthma rates differ among Hispanic/Latino people. While 6% of Mexican Americans have asthma, 15% of Puerto Rican Americans do.
A black man sitting on a park bench holding a water bottle. Text: Black Americans are almost four times more likely to be hospitalized because of their asthma than white Americans.
A Hispanic/Latino woman outside using an inhaler. Text: Hispanic/Latino Americans are twice as likely to visit the ER for asthma than white Americans.
An American Indian/Alaska Native woman smiling at the camera. Text: American Indians/Alaska Natives are 20% more likely to have asthma than white Americans.
A woman using an inhaler in her home. Text: Women with asthma generally have more symptoms than men. They also rely more on rescue medications. Make sure your asthma action plan works for you.
A family of four sitting outside on the grass. Text: Work with your child's healthcare provider to develop an asthma action plan that works for your family.
Icons showing a person coughing, a person holding their chest, and a person walking up stairs. Text: Asthma symptoms may include: coughing, wheezing, chest tightness, and shortness of breath.
Some signs and symptoms of asthma: ongoing coughing, shortness of breath, wheezing, chest tightness
African Americans and Puerto Ricans are at higher risk of asthma than people of other races or ethnicities.
A doctor showing a young girl how to use an inhaler. Text: Asthma can affect people to all ages but often starts in childhood.
Asthma is a serious lung disease, causes chest tightness, wheezing and coughing, and can be controlled with proper treatment.
About 1 in 13 people in the U.S. have asthma.
Work with your health care provider to develop and asthma action plan.
Graphics (Spanish)
Una madre y su hija sembrando flores en su jardín. Texto: Mayo es el mes nacional de concientización sobre el asma y la alergia.
Una familia de cuatro sentados afuera en el pasto. Texto: Trabaje con el pediatra de su hijo para desarrollar un plan de acción para el control del asma que funcione para su familia.
Una joven tosiendo en un pañuelo mientras está sentada en un sofá. Texto: Evitar los desencadenantes del asma puede ayudar a reducir la inflamación de los pulmones, disminuir los síntomas y reducir la necesidad de medicación de rescate urgente.
Una mujer habla con un proveedor de salud. Texto: Trabaje con su proveedor de salud para desarrollar un plan de acción para el control del asma que funciona para usted.
Una imagen de una doctora mirando una radiografía de los pulmones. Texto: Su proveedor de salud puede diagnosticarle asma basado en su historia médica, un examen físico y otras pruebas.
Una imagen de un niño usando su inhalador. Texto: Los afroamericanos y los puertorriqueños tienen un mayor riesgo de asma que las personas de otras razas o etnicidades.