慢性阻塞性肺病(Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease,COPD)是多面向影響生活的疾病,其症狀因肺部損傷程度而所不同,這些症狀都是經年累月發展而來,許多症狀很容易被忽視而導致病情惡化,因此可能直到明顯肺損傷時病人才有警覺。若您有呼吸困難(Dyspnea)或不明原因咳嗽,請諮詢醫師尋求專業建議。
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檢查時,首先要了解用力肺活量(Forced vital capacity,FVC)和用力肺活量時第一秒內所吐出的容積(Forced expiratory volume in one second,FEV1)的數據。慢性阻塞性肺病分為4級,從第1級輕度到第4級非常嚴重患者,每一級別有不同的症狀,在肺功能檢查(Pulmonary function tests,PFTs)的程度表現也不同。
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