As part of PAH Awareness Month this year November 18th has been assigned as the official CTEPH Awareness Day. This will be the first ever awareness day focused on CTEPH or chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. … [Read more...]
I Was Misdiagnosed With PAH
We look forward to and read every email readers send us through our contact form. We find the questions and comments submitted to be very valuable and try to respond to each contact. We recently had a reader submit a great question and have written this blog to answer it. … [Read more...]
National Nurses Day is May 6th!
May 6th is National Nurses Day! Hopefully if you or a loved one has been diagnosed with PAH you have also been introduced to a Pulmonary Hypertension Nurse Coordinator. … [Read more...]
Handicap Placard for PH patients
Pulmonary arterial hypertension is a rare and debilitating disease that affects the blood vessels of the lungs. Many PH patients experience fatigue and shortness of breath with activity. These patients would benefit from having a disability placard on their vehicle. … [Read more...]
PH Centers of Excellence
A large majority of the comments/questions we receive from our readers are requests for recommendations for a PAH expert close to home. This is a very important question that is very difficult to answer. Pulmonary arterial hypertension is a rare disease, community physicians may not know of any PH specialists in their area. … [Read more...]
