PPH Legal Blog

November is Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness month. This year marks the ten-year anniversary of a national initiative to create awareness for what once was an obscure and terminal illness. Today millions of dollars are committed to the search for a cure!

Ten years ago, very little knowledge about PPH was available. It is so rare and without a known cause, that statistically it occurs in about two persons per million each year.

However, the symptoms, shortness of breath with minimal exertion, fatigue, chest pain, dizzy spells and fainting, results in PPH being frequently misdiagnosed. It often progresses to the late stages before discovery. The greatest numbers of PPH cases occur in women from ages 20 to 40; however, men and children can also develop this disease. There is no known cure for PPH so the goal of treatment is to control symptoms.

Each year in the United States an estimated 500 to 1,000 new cases of PPH are diagnosed. New treatments have been developed and approved in the last 10 years. People are doing better, living longer and enjoying a higher quality of life. Supplementary information amassed and disseminated through the National Organization of Rare Diseases (NORD), about healthy diet choices, stress reduction, rest, and relaxation tips are all strategies made available for coping day to day with.

For more information, contact the PPH Lawsuit Lawyers at Williams Kherkher at 1.800.220.9341.