Does this mean your asthma is really bad?!
Question: Does this mean your asthma is really bad.?
If you take a methacholine challenge and your lung function drops almost 50% by the time the test is over, does that mean you have really bad asthma.? Is that a normal drop or a bad drop.?Health Question & Answer
Answers:
The severity of asthma is based on the FEV1 and the frequency of symptoms It is classified
mild interminettend
mild persistent
moderate
severe
Here is the link
http://www.clinmedres.org/cgi/content-nw...
If they had to do a methacholine challenge, it probably is not severe because they had to induce the asthma. Many asthmatics can be diagnosed with a standard pulmonary function test. But I am only guessing, not having seen your resultsHealth Question & Answer
mild interminettend
mild persistent
moderate
severe
Here is the link
http://www.clinmedres.org/cgi/content-nw...
If they had to do a methacholine challenge, it probably is not severe because they had to induce the asthma. Many asthmatics can be diagnosed with a standard pulmonary function test. But I am only guessing, not having seen your resultsHealth Question & Answer