Invisible illnesses are conditions patients have that are not obvious when looking at them. Often people with an invisible illness face a lot of prejudice; others accuse them of faking, lying or exaggerating their illness. People just don’t fully understand what patients with invisible illnesses are going through.
Pulmonary hypertension is a rare, progressive lung disease where the blood pressure in the lung’s arteries becomes dangerously high leading to narrowed blood vessels. This forces the right side of the heart to work much harder to pump oxygenated blood back into the lungs, causing it to become enlarged. Pulmonary…
This video from PHA Canada is an episode of the PH Counsellor Web Seminar Series called The Stress Tree. Pulmonary hypertension counselor Alyson Quinn encourages PH patients to draw their own stress tree, where the branches of the tree represent something in their life which causes them stress or…
Eating a balanced diet is sensible advice for anyone, but it is even more important if you have pulmonary hypertension. The body needs vital nutrients and vitamins in order to keep healthy, fight infections and perform at its best. When you are already ill, eating well can help ease the symptoms…
In this webcast shared by the American College of Cardiology, we find out more about the use of riociguat for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension (PH). Â Two-year study of riociguat as CTEPH treatment identifies predictive disease markers. Find…
Professor Daniel Chambers from the Queensland Lung Transplant Service, at The Prince Charles Hospital in Brisbane, Australia, debunks 10 myths about lung transplants for pulmonary hypertension patients and other patients with lung problems. Read about five of the myths here: Lung transplant was considered “revolutionary” when it was first performed in Canada…
Anyone with a chronic illness will testify that they spend a lot of time in the doctor’s office having blood work done. Which means getting pricked with a lot of needles, which can sometimes take two or three (or more) attempts to find a compliant vein. Here are some tips to…
In this video from the Vera Moulton Wall Center for Pulmonary Vascular Disease, Dr. Venicio de Jesus Perez from the Stanford School of Medicine talks about the simple pathology of pulmonary hypertension. Find out how pulmonary hypertension is diagnosed. Dr. Perez explains that in patients…
Shortness of breath, fatigue, dizziness, fainting, chest pain, swelling in your ankles or legs: if you’re visiting your doctor for a handful of symptoms similar to these, they’re likely to send you for a diagnostic test called right heart catheterization. What is right heart catheterization? In this seven-minute video, Dr.
Chances are you know someone who has an invisible illness. An invisible illness means that a person is suffering from an illness or disease which isn’t necessarily visible on the outside. However, just because you can’t see what’s wrong doesn’t mean that there isn’t anything wrong. People with invisible illnesses…
In this video from MD Magazine TV, Dr. Stephen Y. Chan talks about why he feels pulmonary hypertension (PH) has been a neglected condition when it comes to researching treatments. Approved pulmonary hypertension drugs reduce hospitalization. Find out more. Chan explains that when he was taught about pulmonary…
In this video from the Vera Moulton Wall Center for Pulmonary Vascular Disease, Dr. Yon Sung talks about the diagnosis process for pulmonary hypertension. Find out more about living with pulmonary hypertension. Sung details some of the symptoms patients with pulmonary hypertension present to their doctors including…
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