I've heard other people mention FEV1. According to my letter from my lung specialist my FEV1 is very obstructed. Going from 43.7% in July down to 39% this week. I understand I'm going downhill but still not had anything really explained. As of August 2016 I could walk uphill no problem then the month after I struggled to walk even up small slopes. I have been diagnosed with floppy airways and have now been fobbed off to see a different consultant at a different hospital. Not once was I asked how it impacted my life. I'm only 41 and am unable to work initially for my fibromyalgia and disc degeneration disease in my spine. I just want to walk my dogs without gasping for air constantly.
Can anyone explain what these FEV1 results are? And could anyone point me in the direction of information on floppy airways.
Thanks in advance
Hazel