Living the PH Adventure: An Essentials Guide to Live By

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Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is serious heart and lung condition that is often misdiagnosed and can have a very short lifespan if not treated in time. After receiving an accurate diagnosis, it’s time to rethink your life and adapt yourself to your new PH life and routine.

How is PH diagnosed? Find out about it here.

Being such a difficult disease to be diagnosed and live with, it’s important to focus on how you can adapt your life in order to try to maintain a normal routine. To achieve that, you need to understand your disease and discover the essential facts on how to deal with it.

In this video, shared by PHAssociation in 2014, watch and listen to a webinar especially designed for newly diagnosed patients, their families and caregivers. Deedre Boekweg is hosting the presentation and reviews the basics of what every pulmonary hypertension patient should know about PH, its treatment, and coping with this disease.

Find out 5 key elements to improve your health while living with PH.

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