No problem, Phil.....glad to be part of your team.

Pulmonary hypertension is caused specifically by going too long without supplemental O2 and letting your O2 sats get too low for too long. Untreated COPD can contribute to this if the doc doesn't test for O2 sats with exertion, relies on what she sees when the patient is at rest, and the patient doesn't complain about being really sob when active.

Good Morning, Jean, Phil here, Richmond Maine, 71 y/o, retired respiratory therapest. I look forward, to reading your blogs? inserts, n the chat, so figured would be easier, to just add you to myTEAM> I hope you do not mind!

From the Mayo Clinic, "Pulmonary hypertension is a type of high blood pressure that affects the arteries in your lungs and the right side of your heart." If you check their website, you can find more information on the subject.

@A MyCOPDTeam Member, yeah I waited much too long to get my COPD treated and the result is some heart issues. :(

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I too have secondary pulmonary hypertension and take a pill for that. My last two echo's showed no sign of it any longer but doc says the only way to really know is to do a catheriztion and measure the pressure. But, if I do have PH its mild and the pills should keep me safe.

The Afib I was previously diagnosed with also doesn't show up any longer on the ekg's, so I'm going to wear a monitor for a month. If there's no more Afib then I can get off the blood thinner. Yay! But stay on digoxin.

Both the Afib and the ph are caused from untreated severe emphysema for too long. It's so important to catch things early. Had I been treated for COPD earlier I would not have to deal with these heart conditions now.

Like Christine says, keeping up with COPD medications and using your O2 seems to be the best treatment for us.