pulmonary hypertension is a disease listed as rare, and can be fatal. If it is difficult to deal with this problem, much more is when the person concerned is a boy or a girl. Parents who have to deal with this terrible disease need strong support, and precisely with that idea, the psychologists Cristina Solis and Cristina Solis and Aldana Zavanella have developed the first guide for parents around the world ” about this disease.
The Guide has been created for the National Association of pulmonary hypertension, and its name is clear and straightforward: I have a son with hypertension pulmonary.
thousand two hundred patients with this disease, are registered in our country but the number of children who suffer from is unknown, as it recognizes the Dr. Mª Jesús del Cerro Chairperson of the Working Group of pulmonary hypertension of the Spanish society of Cardiology pediatric and congenital heart disease, which is also involved in the Guide.
The doctor claims to be working to complete a registration on what is known as Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension (REHIPED). Once the number of children involved is known the quality of the assistance will be improved.Pulmonary hypertension occurs to excessively increase the pressure in the arteries of the lung; the heart has to work hard to promote the movement of arteries through these areas and is severely damaged in the attempt to
In regard to the Guide, is written in a very practical way. Essentially, its pages provide tips that parents are able to face the various phases of the diagnosis and progression of the disease in their children, always from the prism of the psychological help. More information on the web Hipertensionpulmonar.es.
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