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Spirimetry result
Im 25 years old and have been taking symbicort for 2.5 years. one puff twice a day. I went in for a spirometry test and my fvc is 85% and my fev1 is 80%. I took a brochodialator and did the test again and there was no signicificant improvement. my doc said i was on the low side of normal and might have intermittent asthma or none at all. However I read up that if the reversibility test does not show any improvement when taking the spirometry again, that could be COPD...so im just wondering...
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Copd is not a diagnosis purely based on bronchodilator reversibility alone. Age, exposure to certain risk factors and clinical history and examination needs to be evaluated and then label as Copd.
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Will need further evaluation to rule out Copd. However 25 age is too young for Copd to develop, especially due to smoking.
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