I don't know either, but when I am having a flare up my stomach becomes extended. I think it can be due to the amount of air trapped in the diaphragm. The air is not being expelled it would have to go somewhere?
Leon Lebowitz, RRT Member
Hi again, Creed, and thanks for your post. You are definitely not alone as many in our community have mentioned similar concerns when it comes to COPD and bloating.
We do have a number of published articles here on our COPD.net website. For your convenience, here is a link to several of them: https://copd.net/?s=bloating. I do hope you find them to be helpful.