Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a very common respiratory disease, and many patients are asked: What are the symptoms of COPD? How long can a patient with COPD live? The following experts from the Jinan Asthma Hospital will give you a detailed introduction to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

The experts of Jinan Asthma Hospital said that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease as a very serious lung disease, if the treatment is not timely or improper, will gradually develop, after a few years there will be many serious 呼吸胸痛 complications, until life-threatening. However, as long as COPD is detected in time and treated regularly and scientifically, the disease will soon be effectively controlled and the patient's life expectancy will be maintained at a normal one.

What are the symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?

1. Chronic cough

The first symptom of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is usually a chronic cough, which is heavy in the morning and intermittent at first. Later, we have a cough in the morning and evening and throughout the day, but the cough is not significant 呼吸不順 at night. There is also a part of the study that has developed a significant increase in airflow first, but no cough symptoms, which we hope to bring to the attention of students through you.

2. Coughing up sputum

Usually a small amount of mucus sputum is coughed up after coughing, some patients cough up more sputum in the early morning, and when combined with infection, the sputum volume increases, often accompanied by pus sputum.

3. Shortness of breath or difficulty in breathing

This is a hallmark symptom of slow obstructive 呼吸不順 pulmonary disease, and is the main cause of anxiety in patients. In the early stage, it only appears when exerting oneself, and then it gradually worsens so that we can set a rest in our daily life activities and also feel short of breath.

4. Wheezing and chest tightness

Some patients, especially for patients with severe effects, have wheezing; a feeling of tightness in the chest usually occurs after physical work and labor, and is related to breathing effort intercostal muscles and other capacitive contraction activities.

5. Systemic symptoms

Severe patients may experience weight loss, loss of appetite, etc. Systemic symptoms such as peripheral muscle atrophy and dysfunction, depression and anxiety. When combined with infection, hemoptysis or hemoptysis may occur.

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