Symptoms of COPD in the elderly

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COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) is characterized by incompletely reversible airflow limitation. The airflow limitation of COPD usually presents progressive aggravation, accompanied by abnormal inflammatory reaction to harmful particles or gases, mainly caused by smoking. The symptom of senile COPD? Next, I'd like to share my views with you.

Symptoms of COPD in the elderly

Long term, repeated and gradually aggravating cough is the prominent manifestation of the disease. The cough was intermittent at the beginning, severe in the morning, cough in the morning, evening or all day, but not significant at night. The mild cases only occurred in winter and spring, and the cough was relieved or disappeared in summer and autumn; Severe cough in all seasons, winter and spring aggravation. Cough is more serious in acute attack. There are also a few cases with obvious airflow limitation but no cough symptoms.

After coughing, a small amount of gray white mucus sputum is usually coughed up. Some patients have more sputum in the early morning. When they are complicated with infection, the amount of sputum increases, and purulent sputum often occurs. A few cases cough without expectoration. Late stage patients often have weight loss, loss of appetite, mental depression and (or) anxiety, and hemoptysis or hemoptysis may occur when complicated with infection

Shortness of breath or dyspnea is a sign of COPD symptoms, is the main cause of anxiety in patients, early only in labor, and then gradually aggravated, so that daily activities and even rest also feel shortness of breath.

matters needing attention

It's very important for patients with chronic bronchitis to ban smoking and quit smoking. Not only the patients themselves should not smoke, but also other members of the patients' family should quit smoking. If they can't quit smoking, they should not smoke in the patients' rooms, so as to ensure that the patients' living environment has fresh air. Other irritant gases, such as kitchen fumes, should also be avoided.