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Suggest Treatment For Pulmonary Hypertension

I have too much pressure in my heart and had an arteriogram and the dr said too much pressure and is sending me to the pulmonary dr for medication. I do not understand how this is going to help. I get completely out of breath from doing anything as walking up the stairs or even when I am cooking. My diagnosis is pulmonary hypertension. I do not consider myself as having high blood pressure when it runs 119/60 sometimes will go up to 130/70.
Mon, 3 Jul 2017
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Hello,
Pulmonary hypertension is different from systemic hypertension. The blood pressure which we usually take is systemic blood pressure or left sided pressure and pulmonary hypertension is right sided pressure, which can be measured by echo and angiographies.
Usual cause is lungs problem leading to this. So probably your lung has some disease which is causing this and your symptoms. So need to be diagnosed with lung disease and it's treatment accordingly. Also, for Pulmonary hypertension, you will probably be started on Tab tadalafil, ambrisentan etc.
Hope this helps you.
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Suggest Treatment For Pulmonary Hypertension

Hello, Pulmonary hypertension is different from systemic hypertension. The blood pressure which we usually take is systemic blood pressure or left sided pressure and pulmonary hypertension is right sided pressure, which can be measured by echo and angiographies. Usual cause is lungs problem leading to this. So probably your lung has some disease which is causing this and your symptoms. So need to be diagnosed with lung disease and it s treatment accordingly. Also, for Pulmonary hypertension, you will probably be started on Tab tadalafil, ambrisentan etc. Hope this helps you.