• April 23, 2024

With a choked voice, on the verge of crying because of the emotional and physical pain caused by the Pulmonary hypertension (HP) , Carlos Barrantes tells how difficult it is to live with this deadly and catastrophic disease, that if you do not receive the proper treatment life expectancy is 2 or 3 years.

Carrying my son to his bedroom (7 meters away) leaves me breathless and extremely tired. It hurts me not being able to play soccer with my children. I can not practice it because of the Pulmonary Hypertension, "he says. Carlos Barrantes , of the HAP Support Group from Costa Rica.

He is a living example of that with proper treatment it's possible live more weather. Through HAP Support Group of Costa Rica and like representatives of other groups in the world, including Mexico, struggle to give a breath of life to people with this disease. It promotes actions so that medicines are accessible, despite their high economic cost.

HP moves quickly and consumes life

HP is a "rare" disease that affects the heart and lungs. It causes the arteries that carry blood from the heart to the lungs to become narrower, hindering blood flow and raising blood pressure much more than normal, notes information from the Latin Society of Pulmonary Hypertension .

Within the framework of World Day of Pulmonary Hypertension , which is commemorated every May 5, a call is made to promote the diagnosis Y treatment timely.

They are also looking to make consciousness and disseminate information about HP , since it is a serious disease that advances fast. When it is not treated properly and timely, hope of lifetime It is reduced to 2 or 3 years .

It is currently estimated that 25 million people they suffer from HP at world , this means that 52 per million face this mortal suffering.

In Mexico, it is estimated that there is 5 thousand people with HP . Of these, less than a thousand receive adequate attention in specialized centers, while a large percentage are misdiagnosed, since the HP It can confuse with other diseases such as asthma .

East suffering affects both women Y mens from 30 to 40 years, although it can also occur in children and adults of 60 or 70 years, explains Tomás Pulido , head of the Department of Cardioneumology of National Institute of Cardiology Ignacio Chávez .

They are more likely to suffer it. For every man two women have HP. Although the true causes are unknown, it is believed that there is a relationship with the production of hormones and with the use of medications to lose weight, such as amphetamines.

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