All over the world, health professionals are organizing events to celebrate healthy lungs this July. The star of the campaign is lung function testing, utilizing spirometry.  Our event for WSD, World Spirometry Day, is Friday, July 6, 2012.

The Florida Lung Doctors are proud to participate in this world-wide event in collaboration with the European Lung Foundation and the Forum of International Resiratory Societies. Join us here in our Orlando office, at Celebration Health, from 10:30 to 12:00.

The doctors and staff of Florida Lung, Asthma and Sleep Specialists will be available during this time,  to answer your lung health questions. You can take your lung spirometry test FREE. Unlike an arithmetic test or a driving test, you won’t even have to study!  By the way, spirometry requires only ten minutes. It is a very non-invasive breathing test, and it doesn’t even hurt!

We sincerely hope you will make a plan, mark your calendar, and join a festive atmosphere as we celebrate World Spirometry Day! Ask yourself, and someone you love, the following questions to discover if you, or the loved one, is in need of this valuable test.

1. Are you, or have you been a smoker?
2. Are you able to climb a set of steps without experiencing shortness of breath?
3. Are you worried about your performance during sports and exercise?
4. Have you endured a cough for many months or years? (This is similar to the old expression, “a smoker’s cough.”)
5. Do you feel as though you’re not getting enough air?

You can find more signs and symptoms that might indicate a lung-related health problem by clicking here. The above list included signs are actually lung function-related symptoms. Please do not shrug off these symptoms or ascribe them to “getting older.” Come, take the test so you can have peace of mind. We urge you to remember that  early diagnosis is a golden key to successful treatment of many respiratory diseases.

While our athletes are going for the gold, the doctors and staff of Florida Lung, Asthma, And Sleep Specialists applaud a “gold rush” of another kind:  We honor our brave patients who perform exercise and routine physical fitness in spite of their respiratory illnessess.  Under the auspices of the European Lung Foundation, we have designated them our “Lung Champions.”  Remember that date for our special event! We hope to see you there!  Friday, July 7, 2012.  We of the  Florida Lung Doctors hope all of our blog readers will take their Spirometer test so that they, too, can “go for the gold” of a high quality, healthy, happy life!