Discovering The Advantages Of Using A Spirometer

By Coleen Cote


Anyone with a friend or family member with asthma might have come into contact with a spirometer. This piece of equipment is used to measure lung capacity. It can help determine the deterioration of breathing, or the improvement. This equipment, of course, is not just used for serious lung problems but by any doctor who needs to determine the health of individuals lungs.


This piece of equipment has gone through many incarnations, as the importance of determining the health of lungs has become more important. Often confused with a breathalyzer, it can strike fear in some. The difference is that with this piece of equipment you breathe in with it as well as out. This equipment is designed to help people, rather than catch a person out. Drinking itself also has an effect on the lungs as alcohol dilates the blood; it carries less oxygen through the body.

It usually comes in white as many pieces of medical equipment do. As we move into a more digital age the equipment has become wireless in some options. The tests are done multiple times in order to gain an accurate reading from the patient. Generally, a computer will print out a graph that will give the doctor a very clear idea of whats happening.

Although it is a specialty piece of apparatus, there are types available for home use. The main purpose of this is for individuals to help track of their own lung data and especially when they feel they are coming down with a lung infection. For chronic patients, it saves on continuously going to a doctor.

As an owner of this piece of equipment you have to take extra precautions to prevent contamination. This means cleaning the equipment and keeping it well maintained. Sterilizing the mouth piece between patients or using disposable mouth pieces.

Spirometry; the study of the lungs with the use of a spirometer and is said to help in the finding out if an individual is susceptible to die prematurely. This is why in some insurance companies, this is part of the routine tests people go through when getting life insurance. It makes sense when you realize that oxygen is vital for life.

These tests need to be regularly done if a person is a smoker or has serious lung abnormalities. It will help measure dramatic changes in the lungs. It also should be done before taking medication for the lungs. Too much or too little of the wrong or right medication can have an adverse effect on the patient.

The spirometer is a tool utilized by medical professionals all over. It has impacted positively in the lives of patients. Air and the important role within the body were not properly understood in the beginning and technology has come a long way. Obviously breathing is an essential building block in what makes living possible. Breathing happens to be much easier, if one's lungs are healthier. This is not difficult to have as long as smoking is non-existent and exercise is abundant. The body has a chance to be great.




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