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Can Pulmonary Hypertension Be Reversed?

Hi, me and my wife have appointment to see her doctor tomorrow. The nurse told her she has pulmonary hypertension. My is currently very active and might be a few pounds over weight. She also has crohn disease. I noticed the last time she got a little shortage of breath coming up the stairs and she complained of being tired sometimes. I have noticed that she sometimes snooze when she sleeps and hardly sleep a solid 4 hours without waking up during the night. I m sacred and so is she. Can pulmonary hypertension be reversed or manage with proper weight loss, stress life style, exercise, medication. I m a police officer and go out and help and save people s lives everyday and I find myself helpless trying to save my wife. Any thing positive we be deeply appreciated. Thanks You for your time! David Davis
Wed, 25 Mar 2015
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Hello David! Thank you for asking on HCM! I passed throug your wife medical history, and I would explain that regarding pulmonary hypertension, when it is really present, first we have to quantify its severity. So the first thing to do is measuring pulmonary hypertension by utilizing cardiac ultrasound.
The second thing to do is to investigate a possible reason for development of pulmonary hypertension. Frequently an existing abnormal cardiac condition, mainly left-sided (cardiomyopathy, a valvulopathy, etc) may be the reason for PH (secondary pulmonary hypertension). In that case, properly treating the cause, resolves or decreases PH.
But, there exists the possibility of primary pulmonary hypertension (the problem arises in the pulmonary arterial circulation, and in that case it is more difficult to manage the situation. There are some treatment options for primary PH, but the results are not so effective, sometimes elusive.
Turning to your wife symptoms, facing her daily snoozing and night sleep disturbances, overweight i would recommend you to pay attention to sleep apnea syndrome, to discuss with a specialist in the field (possibly a neurologist), to rule it out or confirm.
It is important to emphasize sleep apnea syndrome differentiation, as it my trigger and coexists with pulmonary hypertension.
Hope to have been helpful to you. Greetings! Dr. Iliri
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Can Pulmonary Hypertension Be Reversed?

Hello David! Thank you for asking on HCM! I passed throug your wife medical history, and I would explain that regarding pulmonary hypertension, when it is really present, first we have to quantify its severity. So the first thing to do is measuring pulmonary hypertension by utilizing cardiac ultrasound. The second thing to do is to investigate a possible reason for development of pulmonary hypertension. Frequently an existing abnormal cardiac condition, mainly left-sided (cardiomyopathy, a valvulopathy, etc) may be the reason for PH (secondary pulmonary hypertension). In that case, properly treating the cause, resolves or decreases PH. But, there exists the possibility of primary pulmonary hypertension (the problem arises in the pulmonary arterial circulation, and in that case it is more difficult to manage the situation. There are some treatment options for primary PH, but the results are not so effective, sometimes elusive. Turning to your wife symptoms, facing her daily snoozing and night sleep disturbances, overweight i would recommend you to pay attention to sleep apnea syndrome, to discuss with a specialist in the field (possibly a neurologist), to rule it out or confirm. It is important to emphasize sleep apnea syndrome differentiation, as it my trigger and coexists with pulmonary hypertension. Hope to have been helpful to you. Greetings! Dr. Iliri