SEPUTARTANGSEL.COM – Pulmonary hypertension is still not widely known to the public, even though disease it can attack child early age.
Pediatric Cardiologist at Adam Malik Hospital Medan, dr. Rizky Adriansyah, M.Ked (Ped), Sp.A(K), explained that pulmonary hypertension is a pathophysiological disorder in the pulmonary blood vessels that can cause clinical complications with disease–disease cardiovascular (heart) and respiratory (breathing).
Pulmonary hypertension can be experienced from an early age, which is generally characterized by an increase in the mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP) above normal, which is less than 20 mmHg and an increase in pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) in the lungs. above normal, at rest.
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In specific cases, pulmonary hypertension can also be a complication of pulmonary hypertension disease congenital heart with symptom and early stage signs that are usually nonspecific or undetectable in the newborn.
“Symptoms of pulmonary hypertension in child It is important to identify as early as possible. Although not specific, however symptom Pulmonary hypertension can include shortness of breath during activities, fatigue, weakness, chest pain, dizziness, and sometimes accompanied by coughing,” said Dr. SeputarTangsel.Com from Antara on Thursday 10 March 2022
Specific symptoms include:
– Hemoptysis or coughing up blood from the respiratory tract
– Ortner’s syndrome or hoarseness of the vocal cords
– Arrhythmias or heart rhythm disturbances
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