How to Test for COPD

Submit Your Tip

How to Test for COPD – This is a place for the community to provide tips and advice on How to Test for COPD. This topic was created by Jon Maxson and the tips are provided by the community. The tips you add here can be your own or referred from another site. The best tips are then ranked at the top when up-voted by members of the community.

Tip 1 - COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)-Exams and Tests

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Andrea Winn | permalink

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can usually be diagnosed using a medical history and lung function tests, such as spirometry. Your doctor will also conduct a physical examination and may suggest a chest X - ray to rule out other conditions with similar symptoms, such as asthma. Some tests are done to rule out other diseases or conditions that may make COPD worse and its treatment more
Tags: examinations and tests, exams and tests, initial diagnosis, primary diagnostic workup, serum alpha-1-antitrypsin measurement, Serum alpha1-antitrypsin, spirometry

For further reading: http://www.webmd.com/lung/copd/tc/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-copd-exams-and-tests ^[1]