| What is primary pulmonary hypertension? The | | | | associated with appetite suppressants like |
| best place to start is the pulmonary arteries. | | | | Fen-phen. There was even a lawsuit about |
| These arteries move the blood from the right | | | | Fen-phen (Abenhaim et al, 1996). There could be a |
| ventricle of the heart to the lungs for oxygen.. | | | | genetic weakness to problem drugs, the basic |
| When people have high blood pressure specifically | | | | cause of the disease is not known. You can find |
| in the pulmonary arteries, they have pulmonary | | | | more about this at my site at |
| hypertension. | | | | pulmonary-research.comPPH can often be fatal |
| This could be an extremely rare side-effect of | | | | and people who have it usually do not show |
| Pondimin and Redux. The connection, however, | | | | symptoms until they are in their late twenties or |
| has not been proven and more studies are | | | | early thirties. Fortunately, it's still a rare problem, |
| needed to discover if this is in fact the | | | | however women are almost twice as susceptible |
| case.Primary pulmonary hypertension can lead to | | | | to it as men.Treatment can vary depending on |
| a failure of the right side of the heart as well as | | | | the cause of primary pulmonary hypertension. |
| an inhibited ability to exercise.Symptons include | | | | Oxygen therapy can be useful if patients have |
| some basic signs such as shortness of breath, | | | | chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. An inferior |
| fainting or syncope, fatigue, and angina pectoris.If | | | | vena caval filter insertion or a pulmonary |
| arterial pressure becomes higher than 25 mmHg, | | | | endarterectonmy can be done if the PPH is |
| pulmonary hypertension almost certainly exists. | | | | caused by chronic thromboembolism.Lifestyle |
| Normal pressure of someone living at sea level is | | | | changes are key to lessening the effects of PPH. |
| only 12-16 mmHg. A Swan-Ganz catheter can | | | | Digoxin, diuretics, oral anticoagulands and |
| measure this accurately.Primary pulmonary | | | | vasodilators are also beneficial. Sildenafil can also |
| hypertension occurs without an obvious cause. | | | | be used to treat primary pulmonary |
| Secondary pulmonary hypertension comes | | | | hypertension.Jake maintains both health research |
| because of another disease. If the case is pph, it | | | | as well as pulmonary research websites. |
| is considered to be a genetic disorder. It can be | | | | |