COPD Symptoms: Top Warning Signs, Chronic Bronchitis, Emphysema and Asthma Symptoms in COPD

11. Reductions in fat mass

In COPD and after many years with the disease, patients start losing weight. The typical COPD patient has reduced fat mass, which does not make the patient look fit. It is more like a wasting syndrome, sometimes associated with cachexia, especially in emphysema patients.