Symptoms and Signs
The classical signs of developing high altitude pulmonary edema are:
- Severe fatigue and lassitude, fever
- Cyanosis, cough, orthopnea and tachypnea at rest
- Chest tightness, tachycardia
- Pulmonary rales
High altitude pulmonary hypertension without polycythemia
High altitude pulmonary edema:
- Rapid ascent to high altitude (> 300 m/day)
- Dyspnea on minimal exertion, orthopnea, cough, tachycardia and hypoxemia within a few days after ascent to high altitude
- Patchy pulmonary infiltrates on the chest-x-ray, which resolve within 3 to 5 days after descent to low altitude.
Congestive heart failure of high altitude:
- Development of dyspnea, peripheral edema, distended jugular veins and hepatomegaly within 2-3 month after ascent to high altitude
- Right ventricular distension and hypertrophy, markedly increased pulmonary vessel media thickness
High altitude pulmonary hypertension with polycythemia
Chronic mountain sickness of long-term high-altitude residents (Monge’s Disease):
- Develops after several months or years at altitudes above 3000 m
- Progressive weakness, fatigue, dyspnea and impairment of the intellect and higher mental functions
- Cyanosis of lips, nose, ears, fingers and cheeks, finger clubbing (rare)
- Congestive right heart failure (rare)
DruckversionSGPH-Symposium, 2. September 2010, Hotel Bristol in Genf:
"Hypertension artérielle pulmonaire: Comment ne pas passer à côté d’une maladie émergente?" Mehr
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Vereinsgründung:
Schweizer PH-Verein für Menschen mit pulmonaler Hypertonie gegründet. Pressemitteilung PDF
Next SSPH Workshop: October 28th, 2010
Haus der Universität in Berne, details will follow.
SSPH Workshop 2010: May 7-8, 2010
The SSPH workshop on May 7-8, 2010 in Lucerne did consist of an update of the website with the following topics:
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Follow-up
- Patients part
4th international Congress of the SSPH
October 30 - 31, 2009
Link to the congress presentations as video streaming on swiss-webconferencing.ch .
Link to the congress photo-gallery
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