There are usually no obvious symptoms in the early stage of emphysema. As the disease progresses, coughing, coughing up sputum, labored breathing and dyspnea may occur.
1. Cough: Lungs are the body’s respiratory organs, located in the chest cavity. The exact cause of emphysema is not yet completely clear. With the development of the disease, patients may have obvious cough in the morning, mainly with chronic cough.
2. Coughing up sputum: with the development of the disease, coughing will also be accompanied by obvious sputum, mainly white sticky sputum, occasionally with blood.
3. Respiratory effort and dyspnea: In the early stage of the disease, due to strenuous activities, the patient’s respiratory effort and dyspnea may gradually worsen. The patient may feel that there is not enough air, breathing is laborious, and special effort is needed when breathing.
If symptoms such as coughing, coughing up sputum and weakness occur, it is recommended to visit the respiratory medicine department of the hospital. Difficulty in breathing requires immediate medical attention.