Moderate COPD is more serious and requires prompt treatment to prevent further progression to severe COPD or even very severe COPD, which will seriously affect the patient’s lung function and eventually lead to respiratory failure.
Patients with moderate COPD will have more pronounced cough and sputum symptoms, more respiratory infections and acute exacerbations, and will be hospitalized more frequently.
In addition, the obstruction of peripheral airways and the destruction of lung parenchyma and pulmonary vascularity are more serious in patients with moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which makes them more susceptible to hypoxemia and hypercapnia, as well as complications such as respiratory failure, chronic pulmonary heart disease, and pulmonary hypertension; and more likely to develop a spontaneous pneumothorax, which aggravates the patient’s condition.
Therefore, when we find moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, we need to go to the hospital, under the guidance of the doctor for regular treatment, as well as to quit smoking or avoid exposure to toxic and hazardous substances in the environment, to slow down the progress of the disease.