name, address, former address, birthdate, email address, phone number, etc

Physical examinations will include height and weight, hip and waist circumference, heart rate, and blood pressure.

We will ask you questions about your past and present medical history, asthma and allergy symptoms, and smoke exposure.

We will draw up to 4 tablespoons of blood from you to look at the numbers and types of cells in your blood.

Urine will be collected during your study visit to look at signs of inflammation that might be related to asthma.

A nasal lavage will be collected during your visit to look at numbers and types of cells in your nose and to look at viruses in your nose. First, you will wet your nose with a salt solution (such as Deep Sea Nasal Spray) and blow your nose into a baggie. Then, while sitting, 1/2 a cup of salt water will be put into each of your nostrils, one side at a time. The fluid is recovered from the other nostril in a collection cup.

If you agree, you will be asked to provide a sample of cells from the inside of your nose to examine the kinds of protein and types of cells in your nose. You will be first asked to blow your nose. Nasal cells will be collected by putting a small lighted scope in one side of the nose. A tiny brush (the size of a Q tip) is put in through the scope and moved in and out for 4 seconds. The scope and brush are then removed at the same time from the nose.

You will be asked to provide a stool sample to examine the bacterial and fungal content of your stool. You can either collect the stool at home using the provided collection kit and instructions, or at the clinic visit using the provided collection kit.

Skin prick allergy testing is a common test to determine what allergies you may have. the skin on the underside of your forearm will be lightly scratched where the drops of extract are placed. After 10-15 minutes we will look for redness and/or swelling (like a mosquito bite) where the tests were done.

Spirometry is a test used to see how well your lungs are working. Reversibility will tell us if your lungs get better after using albuterol (or Xopenex if this is the rescue inhaler you currently use).

Nitric oxide is a gas that is released from inflammatory cells in the lung. You will gently blow air out into a machine for a 10 second period of time.