KAMU Health helps people with asthma maximise symptom-free days

Driven by data

But what if you were able to provide people with accurate information about what is going on in their bodies that they don’t know about – and what impact treatment has on their systems? – This way the people can get a better handle of their condition and improve their health.

“Armed with information, people can become the best authority on their asthma,” says Salorinne.

If it’s not easy and convenient, you’re just not going to manage your asthma consistently.

It all starts with monitoring the lungs regularly and taking your treatment medication as agreed with your doctor in your Asthma Action Plan. At this point, KAMU Health wants to step in to make your asthma management as easy and effortless as possible.

Salorinne explains that the KAMU concept was designed to be “maximum user-friendly” for largely motivational reasons:

“If it’s not easy and convenient, you’re just not going to do it consistently.”

Home test is best?

Under the concept, you can test your lung function at home with a hospital-grade mobile spirometer. It’s safe, easy and quick: just turn KAMU Spiro on and exhale through the mouthpiece.

“With this single test, the end user receives his or her FEV1, FEV1/FEV6, FVC and PEF values. The spirometry results are saved in KAMU Spiro’s memory until they are uploaded to the KAMU Asthma app, where they can be viewed at any time,” Salorinne takes us through the process.

And the best part: You can take a spirometry test anywhere, there’s no need to go to a clinic or a hospital to test your lungs.

“Regular testing helps detect small trend changes which are typically hard to detect using traditional peak flow measurements and enables users, in many cases, to adjust their medication early before the onset of symptoms,” Salorinne says.