Asthma checkup?
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At the very least, the doctor will want to do a peak flow reading. At the most, a full pulmonary function test. He may ask to see your respiratory medications and ask you how they are working. If you have a written asthma plan, he may want to see that. He will ask you about how you have been the last few weeks. Any asthma attacks? Any coughing? Any periods of shortness of breath?
They will likely perform a pulmonary function test which consists of breathing different ways into a machine to test your lung function. For example, breathe in as much as you can and blow out as much as you can as fast as possible. They will also perhaps do a Peak-flow meter along the same idea. Nothing too strenuous and pretty simple.
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