Pulmonary Hypertension? -

A family member of mine has pulmonary hypertension, he noticed it because of shortness of breath. He has liver disease (past alcoholic), high blood pressure, diabetes, he had brain surgery done in the past. They were going to put a cathoder or something near or in his heart but his blood pressure was too high.. Right now they have him on medication and i think because he has good health care they are just keeping him for as long as possible.. Any thoughts about the outcome?

idiot

Although it s probably hard for you to get all the details, the treatment varies based on the type of pulmonary hypertension your family member has. There is primary hypertension, which is usually from an unknown cause. More commonly, there is secondary hypertension which can be caused by other underlying heart or lung illnesses. For instance, he may have portal hypertension (related to the portal system in the liver) that is also related to pulmonary hypertension. They could figure this out using other methods besides cardiac catheterization. The outcome depends a lot on the underlying cause. There are a lot of clues in the symptoms that you see. Does he have visible blood vessels popping out around his stomach? Then he may have portal hypertension. Does he have edema (fluid) in his lungs? Then the cause might be related to the left side of the heart.

do you know the type of medication if it is an antihypertensive medication they may be trying to control his Blood pressure so they can successfully insert the catheter to drain the excess fluid around the heart. If he eats healthy(watches his carb and sugar intake) does what he can for exercise and takes his medication as directed i think he could live longer.