Keeping a peak flow record

[danielishere19]

Evening everybody,

I had a pretty bad flare up a few month's back and the asthma nurse changed me from clenil to fostair. She asked me to take my peak flow result recorded for a couple of months, at the startI was averaging 350, months pass and yesterday I had my medication review with the asthma nurse and she proceeded to conduct another asthma review and asked me for the results and she noticed the improvement as my peak flow is hitting 500 these days. Despite this she had asked me to keep on recording my peak flow for the next three months. She didn't really specify the reason. I'm assuming she's just monitoring it further. What do you think?

[twinkly29]

It's good practice in asthma monitoring to do it twice a day every day (usually before morning/evening inhalers). It helps to keep track of how things are and can be used, in conjunction with symptoms, to tell if things are rocky and someone needs to follow steps on their asthma plan.

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[andy121]

Sounds like you got yourself a good asthma nurse wish they were all like that. It's handy to keep a peak flow record for yourself even when they don't ask for it least you will have something to show when things aren't going so well.

[Chip_y2kuk]

It's good practice and does a few things helps you find your average but also shows if the medication is working or not

[spongecat]

I 'm just coming up to nearly 5 months of twice daily PF readings. I've been changed from Clenil to Fostair and so the readings and how I am generally feeling give the nurse a good idea to find my sweet spot, dosage wise.

I started the Fostair on 2 puffs twice daily and then stepped down to 2 and 1 before trying 1 puff twice daily. I didn't like the drop in PF readings and I really felt that my breathing was on the edge of tipping into "sketchy".

So I'm now back up to 2 and 1 and felt much better, within days.

I don't mind doing the readings and use an app. called "Peak Flow" by Ben Hills to record my results (and I can also make a note if I need to use the rescue inhaler) as I got fed up with all the sheets of paper! 😂

[miriALsumayra]

my peak flow between 650-700 so I don't know why I am asthmatic