Welcome! Chapel Hill is a wonderful place to be!

But if you have asthma and allergies the North Carolina environment may cause your asthma and allergy symptoms to get worse.

If your asthma and allergies are under good control, your life and activities at UNC should be just like any other student. You should expect nothing less!

The staff at Campus Health Services wants to work with you to keep your asthma and allergies under good control. The state-of-the-art asthma care provided by our multidisciplinary team of health care providers is consistent with the national asthma guidelines developed by the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program of the National Institutes of Health.

Make an appointment with us  and we'll review your asthma management and prevention plan and help you stay as symptom-free as possible.

What is Asthma?

Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways. In susceptible individuals this inflammation causes recurrent episodes of wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and coughing, particularly at night or in the early morning. These episodes are usually associated with widespread but variable airflow obstruction in the lungs that is often reversible either spontaneously or with treatment. The inflammation also causes an associated increase in the existing airway hyperresponsiveness to a variety of stimuli. (From Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma National Institutes of Health National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; 1997).

• Short of breath
• Unable to speak or talk in full sentences
• Using your quick relief (e.g., albuterol) inhaler more than 2 puffs 6 or 7 times in 24 hours
• Still having symptoms after using your inhaler
  

• Call 911 if you need immediate emergency assistance.
• Call 966.2281 to contact CHS acute care.
• Bring your medicines with you.

If you do not think you need acute asthma care but have had a change in your symptoms, make an appointment today if possible or within the next 24 hours with a CHS health care provider.s.