哮喘診斷

你的醫生來説明診斷您的條件，將使用聽診器聽你的呼吸。他或她也可以使用一個稱為 spirometer 的設備來檢查你的肺如何工作的。你要做的就是深吸一口氣，然後就可以入管連接到 spirometer 呼。

Spirometer 將顯示你呼出的空氣和如何快速你呼它在指定的時間段，通常 1 秒的數量。如果您的航空公司是紅腫及收窄或您的航空公司周圍的肌肉已收緊，結果就會顯示它。

作為測試的一部分，你的醫生可能會給你説明打開你的航空公司，看看您的肺活量結果改善了藥。

他或她可能還測試要在空氣中的刺激物的敏感程度您的航空公司。將要求您逐漸吸入對大鼠胃酸，一種物質，可使您縮小航空公司增加劑量。後每劑量，肺活量將用於衡量您能夠有力地呼的任何更改。完成測試後，您將有一打開備份您的航空公司的藥物。

你的醫生還可進行-或向您發送的其他測試。這些措施包括：

過敏測試，以找出如果和什麼過敏原影響你
測試，看看你的航空公司對行使如何反應
測試看你有胃食管反流病 (格爾)
竇疾病測試
胸部 x 射線或以找出異物或其他肺或心臟疾病的心電圖可能會導致你的症狀

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