Anyone familiar with pulmonary hypertension? -

I am somewhat familiar with it. Here are a couple of good sources of information concerning pulmonary hypertension. Hope you find them helpful. The discussion of pulmonary hypertension is much too extensive for this forum. Good Luck! Pulmonary Hypertension Association (PHA) 801 Roeder Rd., Suite 400 Silver Spring, MD 20910 PPH Cure Foundation 1826 R Street, NW Washington, DC 20009-1604 (202) 518-5477

Yes. I was diagnosed with Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, formally known as Primary pulmonary hypertension. Did you have a specific question?

Basically, the human body has 2 seperate blood circulation systems, one for the body, and one for the lungs. When the blood pressure gets too high in the lungs, pulmonary hypertension occurs. This causes a few different problems, mostly related to impaired gas exchange at the alveolar level, simply put, the lungs cannot absorb enough oxygen. Is this what you have going on? I see in your other thread you got supplemental oxygen, that will go along ways in protecting your organs like your heart and kidneys.........Best of luck, if you need anything else, please let me know.

Yes. I had it for years. What do you kneed to know? Email me and I will respond right back.

yes what do you need to know?

The name may lead you to believe it s in the lungs, but it s not. It s hypertension (high pressure) in the pulmonary artery. There is a lot more to it, but thought that explaining the name would be a start. EE