~Docter will take medical history

~Physical Examination

~Measure height and weight

~Listen to Lungs

~Listen to heart beat

~Listen to pulse

~Pulmanary Function test

~Test used to measure how well the lungs take in at a

time

~How much air the lungs can hold

~How well the lungs use the air they have

~How well they expel the air

~The results of this test are then compared to many

healthy childrens test the same age and size of the

individual being testing.

~The most important part of the test is done with a spirometer.

~A spirometer is a small machine that records the

total amount of air a patient is able to exhale

from the lungs at one time and the rate at which

exhaling occurs

~The patient grasps a hose connected to the machine and

takes a quick breath and then forcibly exhales into a

mouthpiece.

~The results register as a curve on a graph, the docter

compares the earlier and later values on the graph

and if the lungs are operating normally 60-80 percent

of air will be exhaled in the first second.

~An asthma patient whose airways are obstructed have

less than 60-80 percent of air exhaled on in first

second because of the narrowed passages that make even

forced air travel slower.

~Lab Tests

~Chest X-rays- a front and back view of the chest

~This counts the number of red and white cells

~Blood Tests-Complete Blood cell count

~Urine Test-examined for signs of asthma

~Sputum-Mucus that is coughed up from deep in the chest

~Skin Testing-Getting poked with a small needed in

certain parts of your body to find different alleries

the individual may have.