Spirometer
This device measures a person's ability to breathe in and out -- how much air, how quickly, for how long, how much air is left behind, etc. This provides some information for diagnosis and determining severity of disease (treatment, disability claims).
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A 28-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: spirometer?
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A 34-year old asked:
Is an incentive spirometer effective?
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A 21-year old asked:
How do I use an incentive spirometer?
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A 44-year old asked:
Is this ok to use incentive spirometer exerciser?
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A 44-year old asked:
What are the differences between a spirometer and spirogram?
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A 39-year old asked:
Other than asthma, what else can make you fail a spirometer test?
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A 40-year old female asked:
If the nurse did a spirometer test wrong, is it ok to ask for them to retest before I have a stress test done?
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A 37-year old asked:
I live at a mile above sea level, and decided to use a spirometer to measure my intake of air. I recorded it at 2500ml, should I be concerned?
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A 51-year old female asked:
Gallbladder removed last week used spirometer incorrectly breathing out not in day after but didnt hold long could i have caused damage ?
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A 41-year old female asked:
I use my Voldyne inspired spirometer @ least 3+Times qday. Scared of pneumonia again since last time BUT is it me..makes me feel nauseous/bloated etc?
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A 28-year old male asked:
Spirometer test show I have trouble getting air in not out. Could a hiatal hernia cause symptoms like this?
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A 64-year old male asked:
How to use an incentive spirometer after surgery? What is the spirometer reading I should try to achieve (ml)?
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A 31-year old male asked:
Breathed into an incentive spirometer. I got the piston right up to the 3000 ml mark. is this good enough, or do I need to get to 4000?
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A 44-year old asked:
Please tell me if an incentive spirometer is used to determine lung capacity?
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A 34-year old asked:
Would an incentive spirometer help with sleep apnea?
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A 28-year old male asked:
Is it safe to use an incentive spirometer everyday if you have asthma? Does it help your lungs if you use it daily?
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A 64-year old male asked:
Is there any risks of using an incentive spirometer to improve the lung function on a regular basis? Few times every day?
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A 33-year old male asked:
What do the numbers mean on the incentive spirometer? Ehat is considered an average reading when inhaling and holding breath?
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A 34-year old female asked:
74% on spirometer after neb treatment was 90% take ventolin 1 puff 2x/day and montelukast. Y didn't i get neb to take home also?
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A 43-year old male asked:
Me 43, quit smoking 3.5 months ago, x-rays / spirometer results normal. Recently increased cough, dull pain on upper back. Is it normal?
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A 34-year old female asked:
Pneumonia 7 weeks ago. Have small inflammation lower lungs, pain in ribs. Using spirometer seems to help. Anything else I can do to help heal?
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A 37-year old female asked:
In your opinion will a spirometer help expand lung capacity? Should i buy it? Want to expand capacity, talk better, less tense + enhance projection
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A 34-year old female asked:
Had spirometer test, blew 74 what should it b, 34 y/o female. Have take deep breaths and sigh lots also dry cough at times. Just diagnosed w/asthma.
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A 79-year old male asked:
Hi doctor I have wheezing and coughing every winter.No phlegm.Xray ok.Spirometer ok.Yet one doctor says asthma another doctor says bronchitis.im at a loss to figure out what I have .Any ideas? Thanks Mike?
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A 34-year old male asked:
Took a spirometer test and felt like my throat started hurting and feeling weird 3 days later. They changed the mouthpiece to a new one but how sanitary is the breathing in and out of the machine? already had covid and recently tested for antibody?
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A 31-year old female asked:
Spirometer normal 3 months ago. Sob got chest X-ray bloodwork diagnosed mycoplasma pneumonia.follow up X-ray clear but still sob with thick clear white mucus.have lpr also. Fev1 has been lowered since this began. Pulse ox bloodwork normal. Is it COPD?
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A 35-year old female asked:
35 y/o female, 66 in tall, 125 lb. Had TTP w/ ARDS 10 yrs ago. Since then, can never get over 1K ml on incentive spirometer, have chronic fatigue, out of breath easily. Should I be concerned about possible restrictive lung disease?
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A 47-year old male asked:
6 months after having Covid 19 my chest feels tight, hard to breathe and I feel dizzy and yet asthma meds do not help. A spirometer and lung X-ray showed as normal which is good news but doesnt help me understand the reason ?
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A 39-year old female asked:
Strep pneumonia with sepsis, complex pleural effusion. Had VATS surgery. Sickness started 30 days ago, I am 16 days post-op and 8 days since discharge from hospital. Still get winded easily. 1,750ml spirometer is this okay at this point in recovery?
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A 35-year old female asked:
Am I high risk for covid lung complications? 35 yr old; TTP, ARDS, chest tube 10 yrs ago. Can't get over 1k on incent spirometer since. Recent CT (for ovary) showed breathing related changes in lung bases, pleural parenchymal scarring in rt mid lobe.
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