Primary Pulmonary Hypertension Symptoms
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What are the symptoms of PPH?
The most common symptoms of primary pulmonary hypertension are related to difficulty breathing. They include:
- chest pain (angina)
- coughing up blood
- fainting spells
- fatigue (tiring easily)
- hyperventilation (breathing harder and faster)
- lightheadedness or dizziness
- progressive cyanosis (blue tinge to lips, hands and feet)
- progressive shortness of breath (especially with activity)
- progressive weakness
- swelling of ankles or feet (edema)
As PPH further develops, its symptoms can include a decrease in heart’s ability to pump blood, which results in decreased energy levels. Someone with advanced PPH may be so exhausted he or she is unable to get out of bed.
What should I do?
If you are suffering from symptoms of PPH, you may be entitled to compensation. Contact the Houston drug injury lawyers from Terry Bryant Accident & Injury Law today at (800) 444-5000 or fill out a FREE initial consultation form. We know the system, and we know Texas.
What causes PPH?
PPH is still not totally understood by the medical community; while doctors and physicians are unable to compile a definite list of drugs or environmental conditions resulting in the development of PPH, a study by the World Health Organization (WHO) suggests appetite suppressants such as “fen-phen” and amphetamines have a “very likely causative role in pulmonary hypertension.”
According to an article in the American Family Physician, “The use of appetite-suppressant drugs for more than three months is associated with a greater than 30 times increased risk of developing pulmonary hypertension.”
The WHO cited aminorex (the appetite suppressant aminorex fumarate is thought to have caused an epidemic of pulmonary hypertension in Europe in the 1960s), fenfluramine and dexfenfluramine (“fen-phen”) on the “risk factors for Primary Pulmonary Hypertension – definite causal relationship” list at the World Symposium on Primary Pulmonary Hypertension conference.
This law firm is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or associated with American Family Physician, the American Heart Association, or the World Health Organization.
