I'm in the process of being diagnosed with asthma... but there seems to be a lot of differing ideas around what my peak flow should be. One says 440 and one was 485..
I'm 5"6', female, white, 24 year old .. my peak flow is averaging at 340 at the moment, but sometimes gets up to 390/400. Lowest was 270. Just not sure what I should be comparing it to??
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This seems to be an ongoing issue with a number of posts. I recently agreed with another member of the forum that it's best not to get hung up with actual values, because it doesn't seem to be indicative of the type and severity of your symptoms (it's all very subjective). I think it best just to use the combination of treatment which provides the best relief for your symptoms, which might well give you the greatest improvement in peak air flow, but not necessarily the target value (which is, after all, just a statistical average). Hope that helps.
Yeah I thought that may be the case. I'm just doing oeka flow without treatment for this first week to see if there's any patterns and am starting ventolin on Monday. hopefully there will be some improvement!
Thanks for the reply you two
There is a chart online that gives you a guide. Have a google. x
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