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Old 29th March 2006 | 04:05
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YSSY
 
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Not sure what the exact criteria are to pass the class 2 or 1 for that matter but they usually look for well controlled asthma. ie no admissions to hospital, using the ventolin/salbutamol (blue inhaler) infrequently etc....

I have friends with their class 1 who are asthmatic and had no problems passing - sounds like you have a very mild form and should be fine.

If you want to work out your PEFR then for males:

http://www.ncemi.org/cgi-ncemi/edcalc.pl?TheCommand=Load&NewFile=predicted_peak_expiratory_ flow-males&BlankTop=1

and females

http://www.ncemi.org/cgi-ncemi/edcalc.pl?TheCommand=Load&NewFile=predicted_peak_expiratory_ flow-females&BlankTop=1

Your PEFR shouldn't be too far off the predicted on the day of your test.

Good luck
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