Take Control of Your Asthma and Allergies

“Can she breathe? Why is she turning blue?” That’s a question no parent wants to hear, but one I’ve been asked several times.  Those questions are usually followed by an emergency trip to the doctor or the ER.  Allergies and asthma are commonplace in our family and it’s always a challenge to find out triggers are causing them.  Is it the weather change? Is it the Bradford pears that are blooming? Is it something new we aren’t aware of yet? Who knows?  But soon there will be a way to help take control of our health. It’s a new smart companion; the 3M™ Respiratory Tracker.
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I attended CES in Las Vegas courtesy of 3M to learn about the new 3M™ Respiratory Tracker. All opinions are my own.

What’s so great about the 3M™ Respiratory Tracker?

It’s a sleek new device that offers personalized insights to promote healthy breathing, which may help manage asthma and allergy symptoms.  How cool is that?  And it’s discreet too. It can be worn out of sight, so kids can wear it and none of their friends will know.  Plus, parents (and kids) can find up to the minute weather, allergen and air quality alerts, along with personalized tips about their own unique triggers and sensitivities on the accompanying app.
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The 3M™ Respiratory Tracker Features:

  • Ways to Track Your Breathing: Use the 3M™ Respiratory Tracker as a tool that can help you to log, track and trend your breathing quality, in various environments and locations. If it seems like you have trouble breathing n certain areas, this device can help.  When the tracker detects changes to breathing you will be prompted to add your possible respiratory symptoms and possible triggers which will can be tracked. You can also track your rescue inhaler use.
  • Ways to Discover Triggers: This device allows you to discover which triggers may be associated with your breathing difficulties by tracking and trending your breathing quality and environment over time.
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  • Ways to Be Empowered: Have you ever felt like you wanted to take control of your health?  With the help of this smart companion who can offer personalized insights and promote healthy breathing habits used as part of a healthy lifestyle,  it may help you manage your respiratory health.
  • Ways to Understand Your Triggers: Everybody’s triggers are different. We have problems with weather changes, but friends have problems with heat. This device helps people understand how the environmental triggers in your location could impact your breathing by giving a personalized trigger forecast.
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When Can I Get One Of My Own?

The 3M™ Respiratory Tracker has been launched in its beta phase through the crowdfunding platform, Indiegogo,  and will be available in Spring 2019.  The app that is paired with the 3M™ Respiratory Tracker can be used on mobile devices such as apple and android products.
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Want to learn more? You can follow along on the 3M social channels.

 

  • Do you know someone who could use a 3M™ Respiratory Tracker in their life?

19 Comments

  1. I have a cousin who has asthma so this post really helps. I will definitely be sharing this with her!

  2. We don’t have asthma in the family but it’s great to know that there is now an app that can help you track it and know your triggers.

  3. This will be a hit when it is released in 2019 because it will be a lifesaver for so many that battle with asthma and allergies.

  4. Wow I know so many kids who suffer so badly because of their asthma, adults too. This would be a lifesaver!

  5. I love that they have an app for just about everything these days. I’m sure this one will help so many.

  6. Now THAT’S handy! My allergies have been driving me nuts so far this summer. I thought I was out of the woods but I was mistaken, ha!

  7. I think this app is so important and going to change so many lives. The features are amazing!

  8. Wow! This gadget could really help with people who have asthma especially those who have severe attacks. I think it’s a must have. Very convenient.

  9. Awesome app and the features are amazing. Totally helpful for those who have asthma, it’s great that there are things like to help aid in tracking their asthma.

  10. This is an amazing tool. I am so glad that you shared this. I know a lot of people who could benefit from this.

  11. How cool! I had no idea anything like this existed!!! I am going to let everyone I know who can benefit about it!

  12. Wow, technology is really unbelievable. That is a great resource for allergy and asthma sufferers.

  13. Now this sounds like a great app – I have to admit I didn’t know you could get anything like it! I’m going to have to go and download it right now thank you.

  14. I get allergies pretty regularly for like a week out of the year. I am so glad I don’t deal with them all Summer. They are so miserable!

  15. Wonderful advice. My mom was recently diagnosed with asthma and given both a daily inhaler and a rescue inhaler. I look forward to sharing all of this helpful information with her.

  16. There is thankfully no asthma here in our house, but my very first boyfriend back in high school had it BAD. It is scary, so this tracker is great to have.

  17. We are lucky our kids never had asthma or any other serious ailments. It is such a benefit for parents to use this to monitor their kids and have some help

  18. Tasheena Nicole Johnson

    I had no idea about this app. I have to share this with my father who has allergies.

  19. This would have been perfect for me as a kid. I would have asthma attacks and it was scary!! I’m glad something like this exists now.