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Asthma is kinda bad but my peak flow reading is good?

Asthma and peak flow meters?

  • I'm 26 and have had asthma all my life, and while through the majority of it, I didn't have too many problems until three years ago. These days I am constantly waking up and I can't get full breaths of air without it hurting a bit, and my rescue inhaler only helps open it up a little bit. I do use advair, singulair, etc but nothing seems to help that much. I usually cough up yellow phleghm for the first 6 hours of the day, which I think maybe coming from my sinus cavaties. >_< Anyway onto the question: Even now, everytime I use the peak flow meter, I ALWAYS get good numbers on it, above average, and they usually stay the same even when I feel terrible. When I can't get a full breath of air, they always tell me to blwo out my hardest and I can still get the meter pretty far up there. The problem with that is they will look at it and say "well it doesn't look like you have asthma!" even though I clearly have all the symptoms of it and have been diagnosed since I was young. So do any asthma sufferers out there deal with this? Why do all doctors rely solely on the peak flow meter? And if ti's suppose to be like that, why do I still suffer from asthma? Any ideas?

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    that happens to me to. however i can only blow into it once and then the 2nd time i have no air. but normaly they only do it onec. the doctors told me i had ashtma then they tell me i dont but i sertonaly do because i winded up in the ER. to be awnest i cant really answer your questions because i cant figure it out my self . BUT i think they need to come up with a new method not use the peak flow meaters. my oxygen levels are low most the time but i feel fine . so idk. sorry cant really answer them

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that happens to me to. however i can only blow into it once and then the 2nd time i have no air. but normaly they only do it onec. the doctors told me i had ashtma then they tell me i dont but i sertonaly do because i winded up in the ER. to be awnest i cant really answer your questions because i cant figure it out my self . BUT i think they need to come up with a new method not use the peak flow meaters. my oxygen levels are low most the time but i feel fine . so idk. sorry cant really answer them

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