Medical results!

[BigHairyAl]

Any Doctors in the house?

Just passed my 1st HSE medical, and a few of the results are a bit sketchy on what they actually are:

Lungs:

FEV: 5.21
FVC: 6.11
PEFR 5 mins post exercise: 600
PEFR resting: 608

Is either of these my actual lung volume?

Exercise:

I did the old raising the heart rate, then checking pulse after 30 secs. then another 30 secs etc, and the medical form shows a score of 170 - is this good? It's a pass - but am I superman, is what I'm getting at !!!

Yours confusedly!

Al

[purple vonny]

Your PEFR is your peak expiratory flow rate. Not exactly your lung volume, more the force with which you exhale but a good measure of lung health.

If you were asthmatic or had otherwise knackered lungs, this would be reduced post exercise or reduced if you were wheezy ( from base line when you were "healthy").

It is hard to say what is normal as it depends on your age, size and general fitness. But you passed the HSE so it must be tickety boo.

[dlegros]

FEV = Forced Expiratory Volume and is how much air you can exhale in a forced exhalation.

FVC = Forced Vital Capacity is the total amount of air exhaled during the spirometry testing, this is the closest to your total lung capacity.

Both are measured in litres.

HTH

Dom

[Fee]

FEV1+ FVC predicted values depend on sex + age, I'm guessing youre not big hairy alison so if you post your age + height, I'll check the tables........

[BigHairyAl]

Oooh, ta!

6ft tall, 89kg - gives me a BMI of 27, but I'm a lot broader than most peeps, so don't hold much truck with the BMI saying I'm overweight!

[dlegros]

Predicted Values (your percentage)

FEV1 4.74 (109%)
FVC 5.69 (107%)
PEFR 672 (90%)

So FEV1 and FVC are normal, but your PEFR is a little low - but it can be technique dependent.

Dom

[ChrisP]

Originally Posted by BigHairyAl

Any Doctors in the house?
Just passed my 1st HSE medical,
Al

well done

Originally Posted by BigHairyAl

Is either of these my actual lung volume?
Al

No, but in a way your lung volume does not matter as it is dependent on your height, age and race amongst other things but if you were told they were fine then don't worry.

Originally Posted by BigHairyAl

but am I superman, is what I'm getting at !!!
Al

No I am afraid not!
The result depends on exactly what test was done as there are different tests. I remember a very fit person whose pulse rate after the step test was no different to at rest - he was supremely fit

Just be glad you passed and keep yourself fit

[Ahoy]

PEFr is age dependant, as well as being dependant on your height.
S.

[dlegros]

Originally Posted by Ahoy

PEFr is age dependant, as well as being dependant on your height.
S.

Which is precisely why Fee asked for it.

I just lifted it from his profile.

Dom

[Ahoy]

Originally Posted by dlegros

Which is precisely why Fee asked for it.

I just lifted it from his profile.

Dom

Oh yep, missed that!
Cheers,
S.