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What is the difference between arterial and pulmonary hypertension hypertention?
I read somewhere that hypertension usually by means of arterial Hypertonie.was then mean pulmonary arterial hypertension?
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#2 written by AngelHelper 2 years ago
Check this site out.
http://www.phassociation.org/Learn/What-is-PH/index.asp -
#4 written by sapphirafire 2 years ago
Yes, when the term is used alone, hypertension refers to the blood pressure in the arteries, or the blood running throughout the body.
Pulmonary hypertension is usually related to heart disease… the heart’s inability to properly pump out blood. This often causes blood to back up in the pulmonary arteries and veins, creating high pressure or pulmonary hypertension. This usually related to Left-sided heart failure, but can be related to a number of other diseases. The major risks of pulmonary hypertension is a pulmonary aneurism (rupture or bulging of the veins/arteries due to the pressure) or a pulmary embolism (blood clots formed in the sluggish blood).
Hope that helps!
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HI! Really, pulmonary hypertension and arterial hypertension are the same. they just “upgraded” from PH to PAH to help docs distinguish from SPH and PPH and the like. SPH is secondary ph to someting like lupus, hole in the heart, etc. PPH is idiopathich or without known cause. mine is PPH and I’ve had it for going on 8 yrs or so. There are alot of places on the web to find great info and support for PAH. PHCentral.org and of course PHAssociation.org. are the two biggies.
take care!
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