• April 27, 2024

I had to leave my country, my family and my children to try to live ... I never asked myself the why, I asked myself the why? and I discovered that the reason is to fight so that other people do not go through what I lived. Today I enjoy a life of quality despite suffering Pulmonary hypertension .

After being evicted, Migdalia Denis Today is a living example that with timely pharmacological treatment you can survive this deadly disease .

It has been a hard experience but at the same time satisfactory. These 14 years have been the best in my life because I learned the meaning of breathe ; that living is now because yesterday does not exist and tomorrow we do not know ", expresses Migdalia .

After surviving this disease, she gained momentum to create the Venezuelan Society of Pulmonary Hypertension (HP) and the Latin Society of HP , who currently presides.

The Latin Society of HP is an organization created non-profit. Since its foundation in 2005, it has promoted the creation of patient societies with HP in Latin American countries such as Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Costa Rica, among others.

Imagine "being out of breath"

The pulmonary hypertension It is a disease chronicle Y mortal Which affects lungs Y heart . It moves very fast, so the life expectancy of patients is only two or three years.

I agree with you National Institutes of Health In the United States, this condition arises from autoimmune diseases that damage the lungs, as well as congenital anomalies of the heart, consumption of certain medications to lose weight. In other cases, the cause is unknown.

Your symptoms may get confused with diseases like asthma , as it is presented fatigue , difficulty for breathe , swelling in the legs and ankles, blue discoloration of the lips or skin, vertigo, fainting and weakness .

People with pulmonary hypertension have to deal with these symptoms, but also with depression or stress generated by the disease, as well as the difficult access of medicines for his high cost economic .

We continue with the terrible drama that continues to die people around the world because ofinadequate diagnostics , lack of public policies that guarantee the access to the treatments , as well as barriers discriminatory ", Explains Denis Migdalis.

World Day of Pulmonary Hypertension

Within the framework of World Day of Pulmonary Hypertension , which commemorates the May 5th , the Latin Society of HP makes a call to create consciousness how catastrophic this disease is and to act in favor ofdiagnostics accurate and treatments integrals

This year Mexico is the host country and to commemorate it Mexican Association of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension invites the "3rd Walk among friends" which will be held this Sunday, May 3 at 8:30 in the Viveros de Coyoacán.

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