My husband recently had a pulmonary
function test done. He has been in the
army for 5 months and has recently begun
having breathing problems. Before he went
into the army his doctor told him he had
stage 1 asthma, but it was never a problem
& he didn't think it would affect him.
During basic training, he was ok, but
recently the problems have returned, so he
went to a doctor. He got the results of
the pft, but his doctor said he didn't
know how to read it, but that he does have
"obstucted airways, for whatever reason."
he said he had to send him to a
pulmonologist to find out the problem, but
the soonest appointment he could get is 2
weeks from now. So I was wondering if you
could tell me what you think after looking
at his numbers from his pft.
Fvc: ref (5.32), pre meas (4.31), pre %
ref (81), post meas (4.37), post % ref
(82), post % chg (1)
fev1: ref (4.5
, pre meas (3.29),
pre % ref (72), post meas (2.79), post %
ref (61), post % chg (-15)
fev1/fvc: ref (85), pre meas (76), pre %
ref (blank), post meas (64), post % ref
(blank), post % chg (blank)
fef 25-75%: ref (5.12), pre meas (2.94),
pre % ref (57), post meas (1.74), post %
ref (34), post % chg (-41)
fef 50%: ref (5.93), pre meas (3.26), pre
% ref (55), post meas (2.3
, post % ref (40),
post % chg (-27)
pef: ref (9.62), pre meas (5.45), pre %
ref (57), post meas (3.96), post % ref
(41), post % chg (-27)
mvv: ref (187) *all other columns were
blank*
i would greatly appreciate any insight you
could give me on what this chart says, and
how you would diagnosis his situation!
Is it asthma??
