{"id":858,"date":"2024-08-17T19:20:05","date_gmt":"2024-08-17T19:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nutsofamily.com\/imsc\/?page_id=858"},"modified":"2024-08-19T02:24:42","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T02:24:42","slug":"858-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/infinitymedical.ca\/wp\/?page_id=858","title":{"rendered":"Prepare for Spirometry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/infinitymedical.ca\/wp\/\">Home<\/a><\/strong>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><p>[pl_row pagelayer-id=&#8221;wp06dxt5rogqhx4o&#8221; ]<br \/>[pl_col pagelayer-id=&#8221;7rdhwoa2604ir66l&#8221; col=&#8221;12&#8243;]<br \/>[pl_text pagelayer-id=&#8221;5icquldrl8ozhj82&#8243; ]<\/p>\n<p>[\/pl_text]<br \/>[\/pl_col]<br \/>[\/pl_row]<br \/>[pl_row pagelayer-id=&#8221;GM7ta0od0iWIcU3J&#8221; stretch=&#8221;auto&#8221; col_gap=&#8221;10&#8243; width_content=&#8221;auto&#8221; row_height=&#8221;default&#8221; overlay_hover_delay=&#8221;400&#8243; row_shape_top_color=&#8221;#227bc3&#8243; row_shape_top_width=&#8221;100&#8243; row_shape_top_height=&#8221;100&#8243; row_shape_bottom_color=&#8221;#e44993&#8243; row_shape_bottom_width=&#8221;100&#8243; row_shape_bottom_height=&#8221;100&#8243;]<br \/>[\/pl_row]<br \/>[pl_row pagelayer-id=&#8221;XEnHDrWEGK3hEqWW&#8221; stretch=&#8221;auto&#8221; col_gap=&#8221;10&#8243; width_content=&#8221;auto&#8221; row_height=&#8221;default&#8221; overlay_hover_delay=&#8221;400&#8243; row_shape_top_color=&#8221;#227bc3&#8243; row_shape_top_width=&#8221;100&#8243; row_shape_top_height=&#8221;100&#8243; row_shape_bottom_color=&#8221;#e44993&#8243; row_shape_bottom_width=&#8221;100&#8243; row_shape_bottom_height=&#8221;100&#8243;]<br \/>[pl_col pagelayer-id=&#8221;QLauAHcfe66FY78w&#8221; widget_space=&#8221;15&#8243; overlay_hover_delay=&#8221;400&#8243; col=&#8221;6&#8243;]<br \/>[pl_text pagelayer-id=&#8221;yJzkU31Gehkh8YLr&#8221; ]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-color: transparent; font-size: 12px;\" src=\"http:\/\/infinitymedical.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/pulmonary-function-tests-large.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 18px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 24px;\">Spirometry is a common and effective diagnostic test for lung conditions. You will be asked to take in a big breath, and then blow as hard and long as you can into a machine. The machine measures how much air you can blow out from your lungs and how fast you can blow it out.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 28px;\">Who should have Spirometry done?<\/h4>\n<ul style=\"margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px; list-style-position: inside;\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style: inside url(;\">People with asthma (Spirometry is an important diagnostic and management tool for people with asthma. If you have asthma and never had a spirometry test, please talk to your doctor about spirometry)<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style: inside url(;\">Smokers and former smokers<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style: inside url(;\">Some doctors may request you have Spirometry testing prior to surgery<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/pl_text]<br \/>[\/pl_col]<br \/>[pl_col pagelayer-id=&#8221;OIOOiKmb56AaOE6C&#8221; widget_space=&#8221;15&#8243; overlay_hover_delay=&#8221;400&#8243; col=&#8221;6&#8243;]<br \/>[pl_inner_row pagelayer-id=&#8221;wjHCP8BW6lzJykLx&#8221; stretch=&#8221;auto&#8221; col_gap=&#8221;10&#8243; width_content=&#8221;auto&#8221; row_height=&#8221;default&#8221; overlay_hover_delay=&#8221;400&#8243; row_shape_top_color=&#8221;#227bc3&#8243; row_shape_top_width=&#8221;100&#8243; row_shape_top_height=&#8221;100&#8243; row_shape_bottom_color=&#8221;#e44993&#8243; row_shape_bottom_width=&#8221;100&#8243; row_shape_bottom_height=&#8221;100&#8243;]<br \/>[pl_inner_col pagelayer-id=&#8221;tVuiVcBYVNHmaKa7&#8243; 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padding: 0px; list-style: inside url(;\">Avoid smoking 4 hours before a test<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style: inside url(;\">Avoid vigorous exercise 1 hour before a test<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style: inside url(;\">Avoid alcohol 4 hours prior to test<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style: inside url(;\">Avoid wearing clothing that restricts the chest and abdomen<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style: inside url(;\">Do not wear fragranced products (perfume, cologne, shower gels etc.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: 300; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: 28px; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica,;\">Due to testing purposes, please withhold from using the following medications prior to testing:<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: 300; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: 28px; font-family: Roboto, Arial, Helvetica,;\">IF NEEDED FOR SYMPTOM RELIEF, A RESCUE INHALER SHOULD BE USED AND THE TIME OF USE NOTED TO REPORT TO THE THERAPIST<\/h4>\n<p>[\/pl_text]<br \/>[pl_collapse pagelayer-id=&#8221;w4xPWxZhYr3VmHLr&#8221; icon=&#8221;&#8221; icon_align=&#8221;left&#8221; icon_padding=&#8221;10&#8243; tabs_color=&#8221;#ffffffff&#8221; tabs_bg_color=&#8221;#b004048c&#8221; tabs_active_color=&#8221;#fff&#8221; tabs_active_bg_color=&#8221;#0986c0&#8243; tab_padding=&#8221;15&#8243; tabs_content_bg_color=&#8221;#a20a0a12&#8243; ele_bg_hover=&#8221;&#8221; ele_bg_type_hover=&#8221;&#8221; ele_bg_hover_delay=&#8221;400&#8243; ele_padding=&#8221;1px,1px,1px,1px&#8221; animation=&#8221;pulse&#8221; animation_delay=&#8221;600&#8243; animation_speed=&#8221;slow&#8221; border_hover=&#8221;hover&#8221; border_type_hover=&#8221;groove&#8221; ele_bg_type=&#8221;color&#8221; 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COPD is the new name for two major breathing diseases that cause airways to become \u201cobstructed\u201d or blocked: Obstructive chronic bronchitis and emphysema.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;\"><strong>Obstructive chronic bronchitis:\u00a0<\/strong>When airways are constantly attacked by pollutants, such as those found in cigarette smoke, they become inflamed and filled with thick, sticky mucous. You cough to clear your airways. Later, the bronchi may become obstructed or with limited airflow: lungs do not fully empty and air is trapped.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;\"><strong>Emphysema:\u00a0<\/strong>Your bronchial tubes branch into smaller and smaller tubes, which end in millions of tiny air sacs called alveoli. The exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place in the alveoli. When your alveoli are damaged or destroyed, it becomes difficult for the lungs to exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide and less oxygen gets into your body. Your lungs do not fully empty and air is trapped.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;\">These diseases often occur together but they can also occur separately.<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 27px; line-height: 27px; font-family: Georgia; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; padding: 0px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-color: transparent; font-family: Roboto,;\" src=\"http:\/\/infinitymedical.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/quote.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/h1>\n<p>[\/pl_tab]<br \/>[pl_tab pagelayer-id=&#8221;N5M2OS5GuXP5QxND&#8221; title=&#8221;Asthma Info&#8221; tab_icon=&#8221;fas fa-link&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-color: transparent;\" src=\"http:\/\/infinitymedical.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/asthmacdn.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/infinitymedical.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/quote.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 27px; line-height: 27px; font-family: Georgia; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; padding: 0px; color: #b8292f;\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/asthma.ca\/about-asthma\/\">Asthma<\/a><\/u><\/h1>\n<p>is a common condition that\u2019s anything but simple. <strong>Symptoms vary widely from person to person and from situation to situation<\/strong>. Still, there\u2019s a lot that\u2019s known about asthma, and you\u2019ll find much of it here. Every year, about 250 Canadians die from asthma. <strong>Most of these deaths, however, could have been prevented with proper education and management.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 20px;\">The goal of this section is to provide you with the latest knowledge. After all, the more you know about asthma, the better you can control it. 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