Early symptoms of COPD?

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COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) is a kind of airway obstructive disease with limited airflow. Director Qiu Ning believes that COPD will not only seriously endanger public health, but also easily be ignored. It will also cause many diseases, such as pulmonary heart disease, heart failure, respiratory hypoxia and dysfunction of body organs. Early symptoms of COPD? Next, I'd like to share my views with you.

Early symptoms of COPD?

Dyspnea: This is the most important symptom of COPD, and also the main cause of physical loss and anxiety. Patients are often described as shortness of breath, wheezing and hard breathing. In the early stage, it only appeared in labor, and then gradually increased, so that it felt short of breath in daily activities and even at rest;

Chronic cough: it is usually the first symptom. The cough is intermittent at the beginning and severe in the morning. Later, it will cough in the morning, evening or all day, but it is not obvious at night. A few cases cough without expectoration, and a few cases have obvious airflow limitation but no cough symptoms;

Wheezing and chest tightness: This is not a specific symptom of COPD. Some patients, especially severe patients, have obvious wheezing. There are extensive inspiratory or expiratory wheezing sounds in auscultation. Chest tightness often occurs after exertion, which is related to hard breathing and intercostal muscle contraction. If wheezing is not heard in auscultation, the diagnosis of COPD can not be ruled out, and the diagnosis of asthma can not be confirmed because of the above symptoms;

matters needing attention

Avoid the high risk factors of the disease. Avoid or prevent dust, smoke and harmful gas inhalation, especially smoking cessation. Smoking is the most important risk factor for COPD, and quitting smoking is an effective measure to delay the progressive decline of lung function.