Spirometry Results

Hi, I was recently diagnosed with asthma and was just wondering if my future spirometry results will be normal once my asthma is controlled?

[peege]

They may well be Grace. It's really important to learn as much as you can about HOW the best way to control it for you personally. We are all different. Lots of YouTube clips for breathing techniques & exercises to build strength & stamina.

Have you had allergy tests?

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[CornishBrian]

One thing that a lot of folk don't take into account is that your spirometry levels will naturally drop with age...copd, asthma or just normal...it's part of the aging process. Another thing is the tendency not to do everything to the same level as before diagnosis and in fact some things we just no longer bother with. These little things are quite important in terms of exercise of your body and your lungs. Breathing exercises and control help to replace some facets in life that we put aside...but it is so important to exercise and eat a really good balanced diet...not just your five a day but as many varieties of colour as possible....usually the brighter the colour, the more beneficial they are...hence broccoli, carrots etc. Plus you have also got to cram in protein, carbs, and everything else that makes a good diet better. Also remeber that being sob is not necessary a bad thing..it's how you recover that matters. Top athletes train all year for their events but if they aren't sob at the end, they haven't given it their all.

[Offcut in reply to CornishBrian]

Well put. I have to keep away from broccoli as I am on warfarin and it affects it. It is all to do with recovery of your breath and not to panic.

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