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 to do some measurements at home over a week or so once you are shown how to measure your ‘peak flow’ yourself. This is called ‘serial peak flow’.
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