A Scots woman who was forced to give up her job and use a mobility scooter due to a chronic lung condition waited six years for doctors to diagnose her
A Scots woman who was forced to give up her job and use a mobility scooter due to a chronic lung condition has called for lung health to be taken more seriously after it took doctors six years to diagnose her. Vivienne Gaynor repeatedly complained about her declining health, but her shortness of breath and recurring chest infections were put down to asthma.
She said: "I didn't have many health issues up until the time I was diagnosed with asthma at 45. My daughter has childhood asthma and my gran had asthma all her life so they thought it was hereditary condition. "It took me six years to get that diagnosis and I was relieved but I was totally unaware of what COPD was. It was scary to find out I had a degenerative condition affecting my lungs."
A new report from Asthma and Lung UK Scotland has revealed the average wait for COPD diagnosis in Scotland is just over four years. Almost a third of Scots surveyed said they were unable to recognise the signs of COPD and over 1 in 10 said they were misdiagnosed as their doctor thought they had a chest infection or cough.
Asthma and Lung UK Scotland is now calling for the Scottish government to roll out a public awareness campaign on key symptoms, as well calling for the urgent prioritisation of quality-assured spirometry across the healthcare system.
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