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3 Responses to “Can I have asthma with normal oxygen levels and normal chest xray?”
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
September 28th, 2009 at 9:53 pm
Richard Hynes
the chest x-ray would show hyperinflation of the lungs while you were having an asthma attack
September 29th, 2009 at 4:45 pm
Virginia Reiner
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
October 2nd, 2009 at 10:34 pm
Stephen Lanning
You do need the spirometry tests to determine wether you have asthma or not. Asthma and COPD do not really show on xray