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Last Updated: 6 years ago• Featured Tip
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Internal Medicine Specialist•Delhi
Pulmonary hypertension is a medical condition that arises when the blood pressure remains consistently high in the vessels of the lungs. This condition can develop from a completely unrelated medical condition and is more prevalent among women.
Pulmonary Hypertension can be a hard disease to diagnose. While it has no permanent cure, the medication depends on how far the disease has advanced. From group 1 PAH to group 5 PAH, pulmonary hypertension has 5 stages of advancement.
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Pulmonary Hypertension can be a hard disease to diagnose. While it has no permanent cure, the medication depends on how far the disease has advanced. From group 1 PAH to group 5 PAH, pulmonary hypertension has 5 stages of advancement.
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Last Updated: 6 years ago• Featured Tip
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Pulmonary diseases are some of the most commonly experienced health conditions all over the world. Millions of people suffer due to various causes including genetics, smoking, pollutants and infection. Now lungs are one of the most important and complex organs of the body. They are the apparatus through which oxygen enters and carbon dioxide gets expelled.
Lungs expand and contract on a constant basis to ensure that we can breathe properly. Let us find out more about lung or pulmonary d...more
Lungs expand and contract on a constant basis to ensure that we can breathe properly. Let us find out more about lung or pulmonary d...more
Asked for male, 70 years old from Hyderabad
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Operation is sometimes needed. For deciding about surgery, doctors check symptoms, ECG and echo pictures. Please post his ECG and echo graphics for a better opinion.
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Asked for female, 32 years old from Bilaspur
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Well generalized edema have some causes like staying in one position for long, pregnancy,, premenopausal syndrome,,some medication also can cause it like use of high BP medicine,,non steroidal anti inflammatory drug,, steroid,,use of some diabetes medicine,,also it may be due to congestive cardiac failure,,liver disease,,deep vein thromobosis,, improper or damage in lymphatic drainage can cause it,,
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Last Updated: 7 years ago• Featured Tip
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Pulmonologist•Faridabad
When blood clot blocks one or more arteries in your lungs the condition is known as pulmonary embolism. It can cause a decrease in the oxygen levels in your blood, damage to your lungs due to sudden restrictions in the flow of blood along with adverse effects on other parts of your body. Life threatening blockage can cause death if left untreated and you should immediately contact your health care provider to get proper diagnosis. Pulmonary embolism requires various lab tests and generally requi...more
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Hello Lybrate user water retention in the body can be due to various reasons like hypertension, cardiac disorers, kidney disorders, liver disorders, anemia and thyroid related diseases. Take low salt diet.
Consult a physician if still problem persist. Take care.
Consult a physician if still problem persist. Take care.
Asked for female, 56 years old from Erode
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To clear your doubts Get your blood checked for CBC creatine fbs ppbs lipid profile urineR and follow up with reports and also get an 2Decho done to rule out left ventricular hypertrophy and follow up with reports.
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