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[gingercracker]

hello again I first spoke last week thinking I had an allergy asthma ,& thank you for your replies , the breathing has got worse so know I'm going for lung function tests cannot remember what its called , as doc not sure if its copd hopefully I will get some answers ,,

[Hidden]

Good morning gingercracker,

Spirometry is a test that can help diagnose various lung conditions. It is also used to monitor the severity of some other lung conditions, and their response to treatment. This is probably the one you mean. Here is The British Lung Foundation explanation:- blf.org.uk/support-for-you/...

All the best

[pepparuby1 in reply to Hidden]

Jennifer-S thank you for the download here i haven't seen all these before!! Did realise you buy exercises etc thank you

[Hidden in reply to pepparuby1]

I have not bought any exercises, I did not know you had to buy them myself

[pepparuby1 in reply to Hidden]

There are excercise sheets and a handbook you can buy for 9.00 so i will definitely invest in it x

[Hidden in reply to pepparuby1]

Aah...I see thankyou . I missed that in the link.

[Katinka46]

Spirometry can be done at the GP surgery. They will probably do a reversibility one which is good at distinguishing between Asthma and COPD. They do it once. Then give a dose of bronchodilator and send you out to wait for about 15 minutes. Get you back in to do another one. If there is improvement then it's Asthma. If not COPD. And just to make things confusing you can have both! And the test I will show that.

Good luck

K x

[gingercracker in reply to Katinka46]

thank you , I wondered why I have 2 app ,15 mins apart ,

[Katinka46 in reply to gingercracker]

Ah! That all makes sense then. So no inhalers before the first one.

K x

[Dedalus]

Good luck for your tests

[Hidden]

Hi it can be difficult sometimes in early stage copd to distinguish between asthma and copd symptoms as they often overlap. I have both. At first it was just asthma and when I was given proper treatment for it my nurse said my lung function had gone up enough to be out of the copd range. It didn't last long and I do have copd as well unfortunately. x

[gingercracker]

i wish you well ,thank you ,,

[seyre]

Good luck with that. Lung function will identify copd and how far on it is. You should also have a chest X-ray. Sue

[gingercracker]

had my tests last week , & I have slight COPD , changed my inhaler , but do still struggle some nights ,with the cough ,but hope it wont progress , now on right medication , x