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How accurate is a spirometry test in diagnosing asthma?
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Very but..: Asthma is an intermittent disease, thus a relatively normal lung function test on one occasion does not rule out asthma. However it should be abnormal when you have symptoms and the numbers (fev-1) often improves after bronchodilator . As with all tests, a doctor can only make a diagnosis after having obtained your history, performed a physical exam, and then interpret the lung function results.
Answered 8/10/2013
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30 f. Sob all the time.worse at night. Have had echos ekgs spirometry xrays bloodwork. Normal. Low vit d. Peak flow will fluctuate ex. Pef 517 2.97 fev1 then at night 486 pef 2.70 fev1. Could this be asthma? Heart related? What tests should be done?
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