Other signs or symptoms of severe or end-stage COPD
Other signs or symptoms of severe or end-stage COPD may include:
- depression
- increased pressure in the jugular vein
- hyperinflation (the chest diameter expands)
- cor pulmonale (a disease of the heart affecting the right ventricle and secondary to lung disease)
- an enlarged, tender liver (due to heart failure)
- breathing through pursed lips
- distended neck veins (due to right heart failure, or cor pulmonale)
- irregular tremor of the fingers
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