As a respiratory therapy student, I found this video very helpful. It's one thing to read about it, but to see it actually done helps tons!

I have to do this in a week this looks scary

I am thankful for this video, and the comments people had. My husband is having lung problems, but said he will be refusing the PFT because he is claustrophobic. After seeing this, he says he could do it. So glad.

Thanks. My doctor advised me to do this test after two weeks.

Good luck Katelyn!

I have to get this done tomorrow.

This is a good video in that it shows the three typical PFTs that are done, however, it is so completely UNREAL that it is offensive to many patients with lung disease. It is offensive to me and I don't have a lung disease. My mom had IPF and has since passed away. I watched her do these tests countless times. I myself do them once or twice a year now (for 5 years) as the doctor is keeping an eye on my lung health. The woman "demonstrating" here is clearly not doing them properly. This video needs to be refilmed - with someone REALLY doing these tests. A patient really has to blow hard and WORK to do these tests. They take DEEP breaths and when they do those quick blows out, they are a "POW!!" type of blow. Then it is PUSH PUSH PUSH - using those tummy muscles and turning red in the face - to get every little bit of air out of the lungs at the end. Please consider refilming this and posting the REAL PFTs so that people truly understand what they are like. I know countless patients who will thank you.

Thanks for sharing i had this wheezing cough since the end of February and get worse and worse had to go back and they told me they gonna test me tomorrow i was a little afraid but watching your video made me pray and know everything will be ok 👏👏

Had this done today. Knowing my COPD will never get better but necessary to manage it. Result to the doctor wo I see next Tuesday.

I have sarcoidosis and have had years of this Pulmonary Function Test. It's just something that gets you a little winded/tired but it is not a big deal. Hey, you're not lying there full of tubes and needles so it could be much worse. The booth is hilarious. Like a game show! I never was in a booth and I'd bet most taking this test were not either. However, this is much like my experience only mine is over more quickly and there is no booth.

Getting one done tomorrow so i can serve our country. Pray I Pass!!!

This test is the most awful test ever. It always leaves me feeling light headed and dizzy. I have asthma and the technicians running the test often act like I'm trying to be difficult when I become red faced, light headed, start coughing violently and can't blow anymore in fear of passing out. It's so frustrating and never a good experience.

I’m having this done tomorrow and this looks terrifying. I don’t know if I will be able to be closed off in that little room without having a panic attack.

I had this done this morning and they dont think I have a problem with my lungs but my upper airway. Prob going to have more other tests in the near future I suspect.

This video has been super helpful. I as well have to pass this test before trying to serve in the military. I have taken this test once but wasn't sure what to do and failed it. Monday I take it again as a last effort to join. Prayers it goes well please! Xoxo

I was diagnosed with asthma when i was 18 months old. Im now 17 and the symptoms have pretty much gone away. Im planning on doing NROTC in college so I'm going to have this test done to confirm that its gone and so ill be able to serve. Wish me luck!

Do you think there is a technique to do the test and get better results. I think I blow too hard at first which makes me out of air to keep blowing longer. My ratio FEV1/FVC was 79%. So I am 1 percent off. Thanks for any advice.

I'm having this done tomorrow. Hope it goes well.

I had to do this to become an Officer in the Public Health Service and passed the test. I was disturbed that I passed out three times while blowing all the air out of my lungs. The tester said it was common for men to do that. It caused a massive headache.

very nice.

"Coming from your lungs and not your nostrils" 😂😂😂

What does it feel like?

Was the last test DlCO?

Did this test but the excercise one and my doc said I did great even hit 140% and stayed above 80%

wish you had shown the computer screen

I am about to have it done for the second time and I am not to excited about it. The last person that gave me the test was so rude and could not explain it properly. He was getting mad every two minutes and my grandmother had the same experience with another guy as well.

Dire que ça, ca m'attend dans 1 semaine ca craint

i failed this test to and was wondering if it is possible that i have asthma and not even know it? i am 20years old and never had any asthma problems.

This test is very difficult But I past this test and I don’t have a Asthma thanks God And I feel bad for those people who have Asthma. I’m praying for you guy’s

Well, It's too bad that not all PFT mouthpieces have a rubber flange at the end.

I am scheduled to have this test but I think I won't be able to complete it as I cough when I exhale to hard. Do they fail you if you can't exhale without coughing

Doing mine next week. This does not look comfy at all. :(

I have spirometry tests every time I go to the clinic but I have been to one in another clinic. the person kept asking me if IsmokedIhave never smoked in my life. Did the test three times I was out breath and dizzy I was not on.a machine like that it was spectrometry pipe which blew down it was bad enough doing that, this one on the vid looks like torture chamber. Is there oxygen in there or just the patient, there is no way I would go in there my sinuses are blocked so putting the nose clip a no no I have had Asthma since I was 16. and a half. I had also contracted aspergellisois. so could have been the cause of problem This was sorted in Hospital but still had the asthma. Have had stasis asthmaticus twice over. I went to get the results from. Practice nurse, asked when I had stopped smoking, I replied I did not smoke and never had, I told her to take the information off my record She said that because my lungs were so bad that she probably was smoking, I just repeated the denial , I also asked the doctor was the information was off. He sort of grinned and said yes The nurse had apparently spoken to about my upset attitude. They obviously think you are lying.

Did the person taking the video have low blood sugar or something because its very shaky

in my opinion the nurse seems a bit rude. Very forceful in my opinion, I would not want to be treated this way. I hope they review this video and make a change in the structure of this process.

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What about administering the bronchodilator?

I'm having this test done in a few days. I'm not sure if I'll do very well. I'm currently struggling with the Flu. My pulmonologist request this test every year. It's really not a pleasant test, not that it's supposed to be. I have pulmonary hypertension and sleep so this test is routine. My breathing is always off key.

If I were to take a nebulizer breathing treatment immediately prior to walking in and taking this test, would I be able to pass? I have very mild asthma but asthma none the less. Joining military regardless, but I'd prefer to walk into MEPs with waiver because I cheated than just lie about it and roll the dice. (And please, no standard responses of "You shouldn't cheat/lie because mind is already made up).

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i am have one done and i am scherr

Man, I had one of these done today and now i feel like i over exerted my lungs. There's no pain, really. Just difficulty breathing and feeling a little over exerted on the lungs and diaphragm..... is this normal? I'm a light smoker, but I didn't pass out and still did pretty well.... anyone?

Going to get one of these tests to see if smoking for 25 years...black hash joints and knives and a tonne of weed and years of dust affected my lungs

Waiting outside for my turn. 5 mins to go. Gold bless me :p

I just had this done, my dr. didn't have me put my hands up to my cheeks when doing the panting one. That was the only hard part was when you had no air, to panth like that.

I have to do this to be a beach lifeguard (returning after few years). When i was 16, i failed this test because i cannot hold out the expiration at the very end (forcing out that tiny bit of air for several seconds). My dad always had the same problem and failed his too. Now i have to retake this test again at age 19 and i am a bit worried. a week ago i ran a mile in 5 minutes and 30 seconds, and then swam 500 meters in 9 minutes and 30 seconds. I am an athlete, i played soccer for 7 years, tae kwon do for 10, and played trumpet for 7 years, among other sports. 6 months ago, i started to smoke occasionally, but this shouldn't effect my lung capacity much. Im pretty sure i am going to fail again, which leads to my question. As an athlete and healthy person, why do i fail this test? i believe it is a genetic thing, but i dont know if that is possible.

I couldn't blow out i think because i didnt position my tongue where i can blow out

I think you should show them a few people for when you got the door closed and cut off their oxygen in that sealed chamber! I freaked the F out, one more second and I would have lost it. It says you can open the door at anytime you need to but I don't recall having that option back in 2013 when I did my one and only one. Sugar coating these tests but hey you'll live through it but damn it sucks! or blows!!! One can assume these medical doctors are being condisending by saying they know you can do it and when i say I can't thats what I mean!!! Have a nice day.

Took one today and failed. I couldn’t do it

Saturday night live skit.

Told you I was telling the truth is she ok! Yeah evil won't get past me.

Good, informative video but the technician's demeaner does not appear to be very kind, compassionate and understanding. Her body language appears that she is annoyed. A smile goes a long way especially in the medical field. If I was the Patient I would be extremely nervous. Maybe she was just having a difficult shift.

I'd love to have my heart and lung functions tested in a first world country. I was born with a defective heart valve, so I guess lots of pathological stuff would be discovered. Living in a third world country means being checked and tested by mediocre "medical practitioners."

I don't like how techs talk like robots when giving instructions.

This woman would irritate the shit out of me.

Having to blow into that phallic tube is a man's worst nightmare! BLow harder! BLOW FOR ME!! BLOOOOOW!

This test is the most awful test ever. It always leaves me feeling light headed and dizzy. I have asthma and the technicians running the test often act like I'm trying to be difficult when I become red faced, light headed, start coughing violently and can't blow anymore in fear of passing out. It's so frustrating and never a good experience.