About Hypertension

Nick Johnson asked:


After a person has been diagnosed with primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH), he or she is often frightened and confused. Because it is so rare, most people do not know what the symptoms are or expect to get the disease.

Many people have not even heard of primary pulmonary hypertension, and some of those who have are only aware of it because of the television commercials for lawsuits related to it. One of the biggest problems with PPH is that people do not know how a person gets it. There are some assumptions, but there are no guarantees.

It is believed that there might be a genetic disposition to the disease, and that people with certain connective tissue disorders might be at higher risk. One of the possible causes of the disease which has only recently come to light, though, is medication.

It was long believed that conditions like HIV and illegal drugs such as cocaine could cause it in some people, but new evidence has shown that compounds in some popular diet drugs can also foster development of the disease. Most of the primary pulmonary hypertension lawsuits, which are being dealt with today, are due to diet drugs and the dangers that they can cause.

These are the same types of drugs, which caused heart valve defects in many people years ago, and now they are also being linked to PPH, which is also a very serious concern. Some feel that this is even more serious. Heart valves can generally be fixed or replaced, but this disease can cause so much damage that a lung transplant or a heart and lung transplant can be needed.

Most people do not understand PPH symptoms. This is unfortunate, because these symptoms must be noted so that a diagnosis can be made. Only by doing this can PPH be adequately treated. There is no cure for PPH, but there is a way to treat the symptoms so that the patient can feel better and have a better quality of life for a longer period of time. The average PPH patient lives about three years once they are diagnosed, but the length of time a person survives and how well they feel is extremely variable. Some people have only a few months, and others live for many years, some of them doing quite well.

They generally do this by making some lifestyle modifications and by taking PPH medication to help dilate the blood vessels in the lungs so that they receive more oxygen rich blood to the organs and tissues throughout their body. Without doing that, these people will often suffer severe shortness of breath, chest pain, and chronic fatigue, among many other things. Individuals with PPH can struggle with this for some time, and it makes it very difficult for their loved ones as well. The individuals who have to see people they care for slowly deteriorate from PPH often fight their own battles with anxiety, depression, and other issues.

Naturally, if primary pulmonary hypertension is caught quickly, medications can stop the progression of the disease in most people, allowing them to go back to having a basically normal life. Unfortunately, because the symptoms come on slowly in the early stages, and because the symptoms are so similar to other problems, the disease is often not detected until it has already progressed to a very dangerous level.

People with PPH symptoms should be thoroughly checked out by their doctor, and should not give up on medical testing and intervention until they learn for certain whether they have primary pulmonary hypertension or some other condition. Only through this kind of vigilance can it be controlled.



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white asked:


Why do people get hypertension and what is it.Also what is coronary artery disease ?

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d_doifode asked:


what is the difference between hypertension and high bp

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mama woof asked:


Can anyone explain (in layman’s terms) the relationship between l-carnitine, anemia, and inflammation (c reactive protein)? Is it related to the intake of Carnitine or the utilization of carnitine? I know they were doing studies on this, but don’t understand the results.

And am I to understand that anemia is a possible symptom of high c reactive protein and inflammation? And low carnitine levels are the cause or symptom of heart disease/ hypertension/ some anemia related to that/ inflammation related to c reactive protein, etc?

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Nick Johnson asked:


Many people have heard the term ‘hypertension’ and know that it is synonymous with high blood pressure. But what is primary pulmonary hypertension? As the name suggests, this disease has something to do with the pulmonary artery that is responsible for carrying oxygen-depleted blood into the heart where it can be pumped into the lungs.

For unknown reasons, the pressure in the pulmonary artery can become quite high, altering the smaller blood vessels within the lungs. When this happens, the heart has to work much harder to pump the blood into the lungs, which results in a strain on this portion of the heart.

Because the heart is affected by primary pulmonary hypertension, this disease can become quite serious, especially if it is not caught and diagnosed in its early stages. For this reason, it is important to understand what it is, and how to recognize the symptoms of this disease.

The symptoms can include shortness of breath, dizziness, fainting and extreme fatigue. Because these symptoms are somewhat nondescript, there are many other possibilities that are generally rule out before a diagnosis is given.

This leads many patients to suffer with the disease without an accurate diagnosis for some time, until the later symptoms of the disease begin to appear. These symptoms might include swelling of the legs and ankles, a bluish tint around the lips and mouth and chest pain. A diagnosis for primary pulmonary hypertension can be fairly easily made through a test called a heart catheterization.

During this diagnostic test, a small tube is inserted through a vein in the arm or leg and then threaded up into the heart and pulmonary artery. A tiny camera is attached to the end of the tube so the doctor can see the heart and arteries to determine if anything is out of the ordinary.

A diagnosis of primary pulmonary hypertension may lead to medications like anticoagulants to prevent blood clots from forming and diuretics that reduce the amount of fluid in the body. Oxygen may be given if breathing has become more difficult, and in some of the more severe cases a lung or heart/lung transplant may be necessary.

There is no cure for primary pulmonary hypertension; a patient’s best bet is to successfully treat the symptoms and possibly slow the progression of the disease. The first step is early diagnosis, which can occur when a doctor and patient understand what it is, and make an early, accurate diagnosis.



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Nick asked:


ive been smoking weed for about 3 years and have been on hypertension medication throughout those 3 years. I’ve been feeling fine but am just wondering if i am doing myself harm by smoking weed and taking hypertension medication. Am too much of a pussy to ask my doctor, so i wud greatly appreciate some credible answers on yahoo

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Nick asked:


I am considering joining the armed forces. Preferably the marines or something of that nature. I suffer from genetic hypertension. I am just wondering if it is possible for somebody like me is able to join the army with this condition. I take daily medication to solve my high blood pressure.

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James S. Pendergraft asked:


Usually people have blood pressure issues but few positive changes in their living styles can help them to get rid of these issues. But sometimes it becomes very hard for a person to control the blood pressure and this is usually seen in the case of a pregnant lady. Do the pregnant ladies with the high blood pressures have a risk for their own life and the life of the unborn? Unfortunately yes, during pregnancy if a lady is facing the issue of high blood pressures than she may face the difficulty as well as fetus may get harmed if not treated in a proper manner.

It doesn’t mean that all of the pregnant women who have high blood pressures have a high risk for their lives and fetus because there are various ways through which the high blood pressure can be controlled. This have also been noticed that number of pregnant women had healthy pregnancies and were the patient of high blood pressure but at the time of pregnancy they did so which was advised to them.

During pregnancy even the problem of hypertension is so common. As per the results of a recent research almost 8-10% pregnant women in the country are facing the blood pressure issues and from that more than 65 % of the women are experiencing the pregnancy for the first time and they do not have any prior experience.

Before pregnancy there are no perceptions made that what harm the pregnant lady may face during the pregnancy. There are chances in which it can leads to the death of the child as well as of the mother. Also various cases have been noticed in which there was a high risk of hypertension but the pregnancy gets through safely.

Usually it has been seen that the ladies who gets unable to control their hypertension face these issues:

1-The mother may face some damage to the kidney or in the liver. This damage also can not be pre determined as it all depends from case to case.

2-There are chances of early delivery as well in which the lady gives birth before the expected time which results in the low weight birth.

3-There are cases in which the condition gets very critical and the mother is in such condition that she may generate preeclampsia which is very harmful for the both that is for the mother as well as to the fetus.

So through this, it can be analyzed that it is not easy for a women to give birth to the fetus in the high risk of hypertension. The risk can be lower down with the help of various medicines but along with that the mother has to face a lot and have to obey all the instructions given. These were the few main and he common effects of hypertension to the pregnant ladies and there are many more left which are worst than this.

To Your Health!



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Leah asked:


My sister developed hypertension during her second pregnancy. It went away after delivery. A series of events led to another pregnancy shortly after. The children are a couple days short of a year apart. My sister also developed hypertension during this subsequent pregnancy, however it was much higher and did not respond to treatment well until tripleing the dose. The hypertension since delivery is on and off. It has been severe she was negative for preclampsia. Does anyone have a descent differential?

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Nick Johnson asked:


There are various signs of primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH). Which signs are seen in a person and how obvious they are depends largely on how far advanced the disease actually is.

In addition, the signs of PPH may be very different in their severity in many people, and this makes diagnosing the problem rather complex. For people with any signs of primary pulmonary hypertension, the first step is to talk with their doctor about their concerns.

These signs are also often signs of other problems, as well. Some heart and lung problems can have very similar symptoms, but so can anxiety, depression, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, and many other disease and conditions. Chest pain is one of the signs of PPH, but there are over thirty different causes of chest pain, and almost all of them are completely benign.

Being able to recognize PPH symptoms is not that easy. Most people would think that a condition would have specific guidelines to go by for the discovery and observation of symptoms, but this is not the case with PPH. Mostly, this is due to the fact that PPH has symptoms such as chest pain, chronic fatigue, and shortness of breath, which are also common to other cardiac and psychiatric conditions, as well as more easily treatable medical problems such as anemia. When people look at the symptoms of PPH, they usually think of the other conditions first, and the PPH goes untreated.

Eventually, PPH is usually discovered if it is present, but many individuals find that they are already very sick before their doctor determines what is actually wrong with them. The time it takes to diagnose an individual can contribute to this very easily. Finding what is wrong with a person so that he or she can be treated is crucial to ensuring that the patient receives the best care. Without treating them quickly, PPH can become much more severe very rapidly. For those who have PPH, this is not something that they want to have happen. The same is true for their loved ones who want them to remain healthy.

The most important thing for a person with symptoms is to rule out other problems first. Because feeling tired and fatigued, being short of breath, and experiencing chest pain can come from so many different factors, there are often many other tests that a person with symptoms will receive before he or she is actually checked for that particular problem.

When a person with signs of primary pulmonary hypertension is checked for that disease, it is through a cardiac catheterization, which is the only way to test the pressure in the blood vessels in the lungs. This pressure is usually relatively low, but it is very high with primary pulmonary hypertension, and the difference will be unmistakable. While the signs are not that rare, the disease itself is, and there are few people who actually develop it.

What causes the disease is also unclear, but many people who develop signs of primary pulmonary hypertension do so after taking certain types of diet drugs. There are currently several lawsuits against the maker of these drugs because of the rise in people with symptoms throughout the United States.

This is a worrisome trend, and there are no guarantees as to how many more people with present to doctors with signs of primary pulmonary hypertension in the near future. Often, these are women between the ages of twenty and forty, which seems young. However, this is also the group that would have been the most likely to take these diet drugs, as well.



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