Using a Peak Flow meter and keeping a diary will show any early changes in your airways, allowing action to be taken. Using your appropriate treatments effectively: Steroid inhalers to reduced inflammation in airways. Reliever inhalers to prevent airway spasm. Try a bedtime routine: Avoid distractions like television, mobile or tablet use in your bedroom. […]
Your GP or respiratory nurse should be able to provide you with a peak flow meter. It should continue to give reliable results for up to 3 years or as per manufacturers instructions. Your peak flow meter should be cleaned as per manufacturers instructions.
Stand up if possible or sit up straight. Put the pointer to zero. Hold the meter as per manufacturers instructions, ensure your fingers do not obstruct the scale. Breathe in as deeply as possible, seal your lips firmly around the mouthpiece then blow out as hard and as fast as you can (like blowing out […]
A peak flow meter is a small hand held device used to measure how hard you can blow air out of your lungs. There are various peak flow meters available which vary in size, shape and colour like the ones shown here.
You should measure your peak flow in the morning and evening before taking your inhalers or as advised by your doctor or nurse. Peak flow changes throughout the day and is often slightly lower in the morning than the evening. A chart called a ‘nomogram’ can be used to estimate your predicted peak flow based […]
Your GP or asthma nurse should be able to provide you with a peak flow meter. It should continue to give reliable results for up to 3 years or as per manufacturers instructions. Your peak flow meter should be cleaned as per manufacturers instructions.
Stand up if possible or sit up straight. Put the pointer to zero. Hold the meter as per manufacturers instructions, ensuring fingers are not obstructing the scale. Breathe in as deeply as possible, seal you lips firmly around the mouthpiece then blow out as hard and as fast as you can (like blowing out a […]
A peak flow meter is a small hand held device used to measure how hard you can blow air out of your lungs. There are various peak flow meters available which vary in size, shape and colour like the ones shown opposite.
Peak expiratory flow (peak flow) measures tightness in the larger breathing tubes or ‘upper airways’. You will be asked to take a deep breath in, and blow ‘hard and quickly’ into the peak flow meter. Sometimes you will be asked to do this before and after some puffs of inhaler. Sometimes you will be asked […]
Some basic tests can be done at your GP surgery. One of these is called a peak flow test You will be asked to take a full deep breath in, close your lips around the mouthpiece to form a seal and then blow as hard and fast as you can into mouth piece. Usually three […]
