China News Service, Xining, March 2 (Reporter Sun Rui) On March 2, the pulmonary hypertension clinic of Qinghai Provincial Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease Specialist Hospital officially opened, which is also the first hospital in Qinghai Province to open this clinic.
Fan Hongguang, a member of the 22nd batch of doctoral groups aided by the Central Organization Department, and deputy director of Qinghai Provincial Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease Hospital, introduced that pulmonary hypertension is a major type of cardiopulmonary vascular disease characterized by increased pulmonary arterial pressure, which often causes right heart function. exhaustion and even death.
Pulmonary hypertension has become a common disease that seriously threatens human physical and mental health.
Qinghai Province is located on a plateau, with a high incidence of congenital heart disease, lung disease, left heart-related disease, pulmonary embolism and other pulmonary vascular diseases, all of which can cause pulmonary hypertension. , chest tightness, and cough are the main symptoms, and it is easy to miss the diagnosis. Many patients have missed the best time for treatment when they are diagnosed, the treatment effect is not good, and the treatment cost is high.
For patients with suspected or confirmed pulmonary hypertension, it is recommended to seek treatment in a pulmonary hypertension specialist clinic in time, or consult a specialist for standardized treatment. Therefore, opening a pulmonary hypertension clinic is a long way to go.
Zhu Fangyi, deputy director of Qinghai Provincial Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease Hospital, said that patients with pulmonary hypertension usually show shortness of breath after exercise in the early stage, but as the disease progresses, the clinical manifestations will become more and more serious, and dizziness, chest tightness, Fatigue, syncope, hemoptysis and other symptoms may manifest as nausea, vomiting, and lower extremity edema in patients with right heart failure.
Therefore, timely, accurate diagnosis and effective treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension are crucial for patients.
Fan Hongguang said that although modern medicine is making continuous progress, pulmonary arterial hypertension is currently incurable, but early treatment will have a greater chance of improving the condition. It is possible to take medicine according to the prescribed dose without stopping or reducing the medicine by itself. Obtain the expected disease control effect.
Many patients have been able to survive with the disease for a long time, and the treatment and management of pulmonary hypertension will be a long-term process.
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