Peak Flow Readings

The Great Devourer · January 2004

Hi all,

Anyone know what sort of peak flow reading you'd expect from a healthy 20-something man?

I'm only curious, as I hadn't used one since I saw a doctor for asthma 6 or 7 years ago, and I just averaged 700 l/min.

What does it mean? Anyone?

[Deleted User] · January 2004

function of height and age
also, fo asthma, you look for variatin over the day and night
700 sounds v good

[Deleted User] · January 2004

Take it we're talking O2 and not urine here ?

The Great Devourer · January 2004

700l/min urine flow....fascinating....

No, it is the lung capacity one

[Deleted User] · January 2004

that would be impressive!

sven27 · January 2004

700 sounds good, when I had mine done as part of my medical I got about 450 I think.

Coco-Cat · January 2004

I'm 30 years old, female and asthmatic and get mine checked every time I see the asthma nurse. I average between 400 and 450 but as PH says, I think it is only useful to an asthmatic if you are tracking variation because it can give you an indicator of when you are prone to an attack...so I've never been able to see the point of only having it done every so often at the doctors.

[Deleted User] · January 2004

700 is about the top of the scale on the cheap devices, so must be good.

Any asthmatic constriction and it falls fairly dramatically, I believe.

[Deleted User] · January 2004

700 at rest is good.

It varies according to the time of day and what you're doing.

Asthmatics can have much lower readings, but with correct treatment and developement exercises they can get quite close to "Normal"

I'm a 46 and my last reading was around 690

[Deleted User] · January 2004

Thats a 46 year old - not size 46

[Deleted User] · January 2004

I'm asthmatic and I'm usually around the 425 - 440 mark.

700! I wish!

The Great Devourer · January 2004

Thanks for all the responses...makes me feel much happier. I could vaguely remember getting 300-400 when I was younger, but I saw those results and thought my memory must be going

Guess kicking the cigs really does help, then...

[Deleted User] · January 2004

Here's a chart

and here's a calculator

To use the calculator you need to fill in all the white boxes down the left:
age, height,
you probably won't know your FVC1 or FEV so i suggest you put any value in these boxes. A zero will do, the calculator won't work without a value. Choose your sex and click calculate.

[Deleted User] · January 2004

I'm not asthmatic, I'm a regular runner and my peak flow is only around the 450 mark. Doctor says I'm disgustingly healthy, so at 700 I'd say you are certainly healthy

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