Guest guest Posted April 5, 2002 Report Share Posted April 5, 2002 --- Kathleen wrote: > Squeek, > > When I went to the pulmonologist, that was the first > test they did on me as > well. I fussed a lot and then they did a flow loop > test with the nose clips > and all the other bells and whistles. The office > test was normal for me as > well, but the flow loop showed moderate small airway > obstruction. I am not > at all sure how these two tests relate, but I do > know that the flow loop > test is able to distinguish where the trouble is, if > there is any. I don't > have any idea why the one test was normal, and the > second not. Maybe > someone more familiar with these test can enlighten > us both! Also I have > not gotten an answer as to what the small airway > obstruction means... At > least not to my satisfaction! I know that there > isn't cartilage in the > small airways, but I have seen in some posts here > that connective tissue > disease does cause problems in the small airways and > nothing can be done > about it. I don't like that!!!!!! > > Kathleen (Tx) > > Hi Kathleen and thanks for the information. As to connective tissue causing airway problems, I will repeat what my rheumy told me this week. That was that connective tissue disease can cause problems with the lungs by making them less elastic and causing scaring. He did say that there was nothing that could be done for that. That was not very encouraging to say the least. I guess for now I will just try to relax and not worry about this shortness of breath. Hope you are well........Love, squeek ===== __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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