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Diagnosis-2 tests enough to give diagnosis Return to previous page 6/19/2019 1456 Views 5 Answers Last Activity: 1 year ago, netmouse Tags: COPD Diagnosis Question: 0 Tezza 1 year ago I Care Report Comment Unlike I Care Report Comment Add an Answer Answers: Edit Remove Accept Unaccept Unlike I Care Report Comment Add an Answer Save Cancel Diagnosis-2 tests enough to give diagnosis Tezza 1 year ago Add an Answer Answers Answer View More Save Cancel Tags: Subscribe: Subscribe: Your question has been submitted and is awaiting moderation. It is low-quality It is spam It does not belong here Other (enter below) Thank you for reporting this content, moderators have been notified of your submission. Close Anonymous Unfriend Friend Requested Friend Load More Close Destination Page Area Group Destination Content Title Title Article Type Copy comments Hello everyone, so happy l found this site, lm 53 years old and was a carer for the last 9 years for my mother, and for the last couple of years found myself short of breath when doing any kind of hard work like mowing the lawns and just put it down to getting older, but having returned to to work as a storeman in a warehouse which is very dusty found myself with a chest infection, l had a scan and a spirometry which came back with 48% lung capacity and my doctor diagnosed l have stage 3 copd/emphysema, would just these 2 test be enough to give this diagnosis, this doctor is new to me, it all seems very serious and sudden to me,
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