Re: question of asthma or lung strength

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In a message dated 9/28/99 11:22:47 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

joelinda@... writes:

<< When a person does the breathing test like they do for asthma where you

hold your breath and breath as long and hard into the tube that measures your

ability to do so-if that is weak does it always mean asthma or could it be

showing just lung weakness etc like some people experience with mito issues

that affect our breathing?

Does anyone know? Many family members experience respiratory difficulties,

but don't feel we have asthma and that seems to be the only diagnosis doctors

think of if you tell them you have trouble breathing.

S.

>>

my " first career " was that of a respiratory therapist. I have preformed

many lung fuction tests that you describe. The peak flow or pulmonary

function test ( PFT) all measure lung function. Many different lung diseases

can be tested by these tests including asthma, emphesema, chronic bronchitis

and others. The testing gives doctors an idea of the amount of air a person

can exhale, diffuse and use to properly breath. I am sure that if the docs

felt any other lung disease was causing the resp probs they would continue

testing. I have spoke with Dr Cohen about this and he said that asthma is

very common with Mito because the smooth muscle involved with the resp tract

gets effected by the Mito the same as any other muscle in the body. It is

also quite common for Mito patients to experience air hunger where they

breath very rapidly-------like does.

[Guest guest]

Thank you for you knowledgable answer in detail. I am so slow

reading these with these boys here. S.

Re: question of asthma or lung strength

>From: Goldenfam4@...

>

>In a message dated 9/28/99 11:22:47 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

>joelinda@... writes:

>

><< When a person does the breathing test like they do for asthma where you

>hold your breath and breath as long and hard into the tube that measures

your

>ability to do so-if that is weak does it always mean asthma or could it be

>showing just lung weakness etc like some people experience with mito issues

>that affect our breathing?

> Does anyone know? Many family members experience respiratory difficulties,

>but don't feel we have asthma and that seems to be the only diagnosis

doctors

>think of if you tell them you have trouble breathing.

> S.

> >>

>

>

> my " first career " was that of a respiratory therapist. I have

preformed

>many lung fuction tests that you describe. The peak flow or pulmonary

>function test ( PFT) all measure lung function. Many different lung

diseases

>can be tested by these tests including asthma, emphesema, chronic

bronchitis

>and others. The testing gives doctors an idea of the amount of air a person

>can exhale, diffuse and use to properly breath. I am sure that if the docs

>felt any other lung disease was causing the resp probs they would continue

>testing. I have spoke with Dr Cohen about this and he said that asthma is

>very common with Mito because the smooth muscle involved with the resp

tract

>gets effected by the Mito the same as any other muscle in the body. It is

>also quite common for Mito patients to experience air hunger where they

>breath very rapidly-------like does.

>

>

>

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