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How does drinking coffee within 24 hours affect the pulmonary function test. Please be thorough in explanation.

How does drinking coffee within 24 hours affect the pulmonary function test. Please be thorough in explanation.

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Pulmonary function test is nothing but to check how well your lungs are working. It is always recommended for the patient not to eat food or any heavy food before the test, specifically in your question you have asked that how coffee affect the pulmonary function test, coffee contains caffeine which acts like a bronchodilator as in it dilates the bronchus in the lungs thereby helping you to breathe normally, now if you to test for pulmonary function, in that test you will be given a device similary to spiromatry wherein you will be asked to inhale and exhale, if you have had coffee before pulmonary function test you will be breathing normally and hence your result will be normal.

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