This test measures how much air your lungs can hold. You breath in until it hurts, then expel air as fast as you can.
What is a Pulmonary Functions Test?
100
The easiest way to describe this disease is by describing it as high blood pressure in the lungs.
What is Pulmonary Hypertension?
100
This common, over the counter medicine can be taken daily by PH patients to prevent clotting.
What is Low Dose Aspirin?
100
This device is put on your finger or ear to measure the concentration of blood in your skin.
What is Pulse Oximeter?
100
These are the everyday people close to the patient, helping them deal with their pulmonary hypertension.
What is a Caregiver?
200
In this test electrodes are taped to your chest and a recording is made of the electrical impulses of your heart.
What is an Electrocardiogram?
200
If you peek at your chart in the doctor’s office and see the letters “SOB” your doctor is not making note of his opinion of you. These initials stand for one of the first signs of PAH.
What is Shortness of Breath?
200
This medication is often prescribed when less blood is pumped into the kidneys. Therefore, there is less urine output and you can press your initials in your legs.
What is a Diuretic?
200
A large tank is delivered to the PH patient’s home filled with this type of oxygen.
What is Liquid Oxygen?
200
This can help you maintain a good body weight, reduce swelling and keep your heart in good working order.
What is a Good Diet?
300
With this test, wearing a meter on your finger, you are asked to walk down a hallway for a certain length of time.
What is a Six Minute Walk?
300
With this phenomenon you are prone to chilly, blue fingers and it is common in patients with connective tissue disease.
What is Raynaud’s Phenomenon?
300
When using a diuretic this mineral is excreted from your body and PH patients need to replace it with diet or pill form.
What is Potassium?
300
To leave home with liquid oxygen you may use your large liquid oxygen tank to fill this.
What is a Portable Tank?
300
This is a wonderful place to meet others who have been down the PH road and understand what it’s like to live with this disease.
What is a support Group?
400
This test is considered the most accurate and useful test for PH and measures the pressure inside the pulmonary artery
What is a Heart Catherization?
400
If you can print your initials in your lower leg by pressing into your flesh you might have this condition.
What is edema?
400
This therapy comes in a tank and helps some PH patients with their physical and mental functioning.
What is Oxygen?
400
This noisy machine is about the size of a large suitcase and sucks oxygen right out of the room air.
What is a Concentrator?
400
This International organization was founded by 3 PH patients, a caregiver and their husbands in 1990.
What is Pulmonary Hypertension Association?
500
This routine test is done by lying on your side in a dark room. A transducer is pressed against your chest with clear jelly to pick up sound waves from your lungs and heart
What is an "Echo" cardiogram Doppler?
500
A PH patient is prone to this when his brain doesn’t get enough oxygen or blood flow.
What is Fainting?
500
Avoiding this seasoning can help a lot to reduce fluid retention.
What is Salt?
500
These are the nasal prongs that feel the oxygen into your nose.
What is a cannula?
500
This book tells you everything you ever wanted to know about pulmonary hypertension, and even the things you don’t want to know.