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New to the site wanted to say hello Return to previous page 10/9/2019 963 Views 3 Answers Last Activity: 2 years ago, RobT765 Tags: COPD Question: 0 RobT765 2 years 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 New to the site wanted to say hello RobT765 2 years 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 My name is Rob from the UK i am 39 years of age, in 2012 at the age of 32 i experienced bad breathing problems... my friends asthma ventolin inhaler helped me. Eventually i went to the Doctors where they put me through a spirometry test where they then diagnosed me with COPD. Here is some of the results from that test - FVC after bronchodilation (xaJ3K) 5.81 L Percentage of predicted forced vital capacity 104% Percent predicted FEV1 74% FEV percentage change 32% FEV1 before bronchodilation 296 L FEV1 after bronchodilation 390 L Forced Vital Capacity 4.98 L FEV1/FVC percent (xaEFy) 73% 6 months later i moved so registered at a new doctors surgery, the doctor i saw did not believe i had COPD so put me through another spirometry test in April 2013. Here are the results from this one - FEV1 before bronchodilation 3.95 L FEV1 after bronchodilation 4.09 L Forced vital capacity 5.53 L FEV1/FVC percent 91% I then went back to see that Doctor where he diagnosed me with Asthma. So ever since i thought i had Asthma and since my breathing had been ok, most of the year i would rarely use my emergency inhaler, which i thought must be seasonal asthma. Last year in September i went through bad breathing again which lasted a few weeks where my emergency inhaler did not help me like it normally did. I went to the doctors and they changed my inhaler and said it was because my asthma was not controlled as i was not taking the preventer. Anyway in August this year i went to my surgery for my annual Asthma review which was conducted by a pharmacist. He said my file said i had COPD... which shocked me as i explained i was diagnosed with asthma in 2013. He told me to start taking my relvar inhaler daily so i did, i took it for 2 weeks then all of a sudden my breathing got very bad so i thought maybe it was the relvar? So i stopped taking it. And used my ventolin on a daily basis to get me through. Last 3 weeks i have noticed i am wheezing breathing in and out. Been to the doctors a few times, i was prescribed Prednisolone which did not really do much for me. Went back last week and the Pharmacist put me on a new preventer inhaler called Fostair. Been a few days where i saw a little difference but recently up till now its not really helping me and i am still using my ventolin inhaler which also is not doing much for me. Today i attended the hospital for a lung function test, I wasn't sure if it was a good idea as i am not breathing how i am normally well how i was 2 months ago. The test did not go well, i saw my FEV1 results on the screen which was 3.30 and highest was 3.70. I am feeling really low at the moment and kind of in denial that this cannot be true. Do you know by doing a spirometry test during a bad breathing period will reduce your true results?
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