Can I have asthma with normal oxygen levels and normal chest xray?
August 11th, 2004 by admin
chicagojo asked:
I wake in the morning with chest tightness/pressure and feeling short of breath. These symptoms last for a couple of hours after i wake up. I have complained of these symptoms to my doctor so she ordered a chest xray, stress test and took my blood oxygen levels. All came back normal. But I would like a Pulmonary Function Test because I still feel I have some respiratory issues. If I had asthma or COPD would it show on a chest xray?
I wake in the morning with chest tightness/pressure and feeling short of breath. These symptoms last for a couple of hours after i wake up. I have complained of these symptoms to my doctor so she ordered a chest xray, stress test and took my blood oxygen levels. All came back normal. But I would like a Pulmonary Function Test because I still feel I have some respiratory issues. If I had asthma or COPD would it show on a chest xray?
- Posted in Asthma
August 11th, 2004 at 1:13 pm
the chest x-ray would show hyperinflation of the lungs while you were having an asthma attack
August 13th, 2004 at 12:15 pm
Yes, O2 sats and Chest xray are not diagnostic for asthma, you need a stress test and pulmonary function test(s) for that diagnosis. See a pulmonologist. Asthma is a disease characterized by three things:
1) inflammation of the bronchioles
2) Constriction of the muscles surrounding the bronchi
3) Mucous secretion into the bronchi tissue
August 13th, 2004 at 2:37 pm
You do need the spirometry tests to determine wether you have asthma or not. Asthma and COPD do not really show on xray