Lung function test - abnormalities and their treatment

This is the forth video in a series on Spirometry. I hope this helps your understanding of lung function testing. Please leave me a comment or ask me a question in the comments section.

[THEBLACKLILI]

Thank you for this video. It was very informative and gives me hope. My asthma has never been this bad. Saw a doctor and he said my fvc is at 54%..I feel like every breath is not giving me enough air…on prednisone but it’s hard to relax… i feel anxiety in my chest and I can’t calm it, I feel like my body is in a stressed state because of the lack of air and trying to think positive is just not gonna fix that and makes this even more unbearable….this video gave me hope and is helping me calm down…even though he said my numbers are what he’s seen in COPD patients I do NOT have COPD…it is just my asthma and I need to take it more seriously….please anyone reading this with asthma take your medication and inhalers…do not skip days or stop because you feel fine….when this ish is exacerbated its hell…take care of yourself, eat healthy and eat right ….we’re all getting older and I can’t imagine going through this old and without my family 😢…..it might be in my mind, but I feel it helps when I breathe and then exhale longer than I inhaled….just pushing more air out than I took in kinda makes the next breath feel “normal” ish…and remembering it’s asthma…so drink water, gargle salt water, drink hot tea, keep working to get as much mucus out as you can

[Cliff]

You explain things extremely well, thank you.

[railasnail]

Hi iam 31 in Australia and on the way to work just started not breathing properly after i had a vape. I went and got a lung test and came back as mild obstruction with a 79% lung capacity. I would really like some help of a lung specialist as i feel like i can’t breath every single breath but i have quit smoking and vaping about 50 days ago. My ct scan and xray showed my lungs were ok. Please respond. Thankyou

[BrittKatSlat]

Ive never smoked in my life or been around it. I was 32 and got a bronchitis and it left me with mild copd. I do not understand this at all.