Do I Have COPD or Asthma Quiz
Questions: 15 · 10 minutes
1. How often do you bring up mucus or phlegm when you are not experiencing a brief cold?
Never or not as an ongoing pattern.
Occasionally, in small amounts.
On many days, especially in the morning or during recurring periods.
Persistently, with a major increase, blood, or breathing that has become substantially worse.
2. How does your alertness change when breathing is difficult?
I remain fully alert and think clearly.
I feel anxious or distracted but can respond normally.
I become unusually lightheaded, weak, or slow to respond.
I have become confused, extremely drowsy, fainted, or been difficult to wake.
3. What color changes have you or someone with you noticed during breathing trouble?
No unusual color change.
I become mildly pale or flushed but recover promptly.
I have had a pronounced or lingering color change that concerned me or someone nearby.
My lips, face, tongue, or fingertips have appeared blue or gray.
4. When wheezing, chest tightness, or shortness of breath occurs, how does it usually behave?
I have not noticed any of these symptoms.
I have noticed a mild, isolated episode that passed quickly.
The symptoms recur and sometimes interrupt what I am doing.
An episode has made speaking, walking, or getting enough air seriously difficult.
5. Looking across the past year or longer, which course best describes your breathing?
I have not noticed a lasting change.
There has been a small or uncertain change that has not limited me.
My breathing or activity tolerance has gradually and noticeably declined.
The decline has become substantial, affects basic activities, or has recently accelerated.
6. Which statement best describes your exposure to tobacco smoke, vaping aerosols, dust, fumes, or indoor fuel smoke?
I have had no meaningful repeated exposure that I know of.
I have had limited or occasional exposure.
I have had repeated exposure over months or years, currently or in the past.
I have had substantial long-term exposure and now have persistent cough, mucus, wheeze, or breathlessness.
7. If your breathing symptoms worsen, how do they respond to rest or a prescribed rescue plan, if you have one?
I have no worsening symptoms, or mild symptoms settle fully and promptly.
They take longer than usual to settle but then return to baseline.
They improve only partly, recur soon, or are becoming harder to manage.
Severe symptoms are not improving, are rapidly worsening, or remain intense after prescribed rescue treatment.
8. After exercise, laughter, or a burst of activity, what breathing response have you noticed?
No unusual cough, wheeze, tightness, or breathlessness.
Occasional mild symptoms that settle quickly with rest.
Repeated coughing, wheezing, or tightness that makes me stop or limit activity.
A sudden episode has left me unable to recover normally or made urgent assistance necessary.
9. Which description best matches the timing of your breathing symptoms?
I have not noticed a recurring breathing problem.
Symptoms occurred once, without a clear repeating pattern.
Symptoms come and go, with noticeably better or symptom-free periods between them.
Symptoms can begin abruptly after a well period, and at least one episode has felt severe or hard to control.
10. Over recent months, how has breathlessness during ordinary activity changed?
I have not noticed unusual breathlessness during ordinary activity.
I have occasionally felt more winded, without a consistent change.
I regularly slow down, pause, or avoid certain activities because of breathlessness.
Breathlessness has clearly progressed or now occurs with very little activity or at rest.
11. At the worst point of a breathing episode, how well can you speak and move?
I can speak and move normally.
I become winded but can still speak full sentences and move carefully.
I need frequent pauses when speaking or must stop ordinary movement to catch my breath.
I cannot speak more than a few words, cannot walk normally, or feel I am not getting enough air.
12. During the night or early morning, how often do breathing symptoms wake you or make you sit up?
They have not woken me or made me sit up.
This has happened once or very occasionally.
It happens repeatedly or affects my sleep and next-day energy.
I have awakened unable to breathe comfortably, speak normally, or settle the episode promptly.
13. Which additional symptom has occurred with your breathing problem?
None of the listed additional symptoms.
Mild chest soreness only after prolonged coughing.
New chest pressure, unexplained pain, or a small trace of blood that has not been assessed.
Severe or persistent chest pain, collapse, or coughing up more than a trace of blood.
14. What happens around possible triggers such as pollen, animals, cold air, smoke, strong scents, or cleaning products?
I have not noticed breathing symptoms around these triggers.
I have occasionally noticed mild coughing or tightness around one trigger.
One or more triggers repeatedly bring on clear breathing symptoms.
A trigger has caused a rapid or intense breathing episode requiring immediate help or urgent treatment.
15. Which description best fits your cough outside a short-lived cold or infection?
I do not have an ongoing cough.
I have an occasional cough that is not persistent.
I cough on many days or during recurring stretches of several weeks.
The cough is persistent and is accompanied by marked breathlessness, chest discomfort, or blood.