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What Is Familial Pulmonary Hypertension?
Familial pulmonary hypertension accounts for around 5 percent of cases. It is also known as primary or hereditary pulmonary hypertension. The disease occurs three times more often in women than in men and can develop at any age. It is often difficult to determine if the pulmonary hypertension is hereditary because it can skip generations, according to the Pulmonary Hypertension Association.
Read more about this type of PH here: “What Is Familial Pulmonary Hypertension?”
Is your PH hereditary? At what age were you diagnosed, and did you suspect you might develop the disease? How did that impact your mental health? How did you react when you were diagnosed?
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