Asthma advice

Living with asthma can present patients and their relatives with various challenges that can have a major impact on everyday life. Our team of specialist care experts will do everything in their power to maintain or even improve your quality of life despite your illness.

Asthma is a chronic disease that is very treatable in the vast majority of cases. In most cases, targeted drug therapy, but also lifestyle adjustments such as avoiding allergens, can ensure that asthma hardly affects everyday life. However, there are also severe cases in which frequent medical consultations are necessary.

The asthma consultation is a supplement to the medical consultation and works closely with physiotherapy, nutritional advice and other specialist services.

Our consulting services

We will be happy to advise you if:

  • you want to be able to better assess your symptoms with the help of an emergency plan (action plan) and treat worsening symptoms yourself and easily at home under certain conditions
  • you want to know how you can better manage your shortness of breath
  • you want to become more efficient again through targeted physical activity, but you don’t know how
  • you would like to learn more about the clinical picture
  • you would like to stop smoking, but every attempt so far has failed
  • you would like to learn about other ways in which you can positively influence your asthma

Who covers the costs of asthma counseling?

The costs for the asthma consultation are covered by your basic health insurance (according to Tardoc: depending on the health insurance model, less your deductible).

Contact and availability

University Hospital Zurich
DPM Team COPD and asthma
Rämistrasse 100 (P.O. Box 116)
8091 Zurich

Tel. 043 253 03 90

Monday, Wednesday and Thursday – each from 09:00 to 16:00

(In case of vacation absence, the answering machine will inform you)

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