A person with emphysema may develop one or more of the following common emphysema symptoms. The following may depend on the progress of the disease. Every person may have different symptoms based on how the lung disease develops.
The following are the common symptoms of emphysema.
a. Shortness of breath or dyspnea which is the most common for every person who has started to have the disease.
b. Chronic cough which may produce sputum and may be productive.
c. Anxiety, the feeling of being stressed with some situations which may not be stressful for other people.
d. Feet and ankle swelling: this may not happen at all.
e. Easily feeling tired with simple task.
f. Loss of weight without any extra effort.
These symptoms may not happen all at once. The person may start to feel one of these at a certain point of his life. The best way to find out is to consult the doctor.