{"id":30021,"date":"2025-02-11T06:52:35","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T01:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=30021"},"modified":"2025-04-09T12:42:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T07:12:20","slug":"pulmonary-arterial-hypertension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/pulmonary-arterial-hypertension\/","title":{"rendered":"Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>Recently, Natco Pharma has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration final approval for Bosentan tablets for oral suspension, its generic version of Actelion Pharmaceuticals US Inc.\u2019s pulmonary arterial hypertension(PAH) drug Tracleer.<\/p>\n<h2>About Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <strong>specific type of pulmonary hypertension<\/strong> that is caused when the tiny arteries in your lung become <strong>thickened and narrowed.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>This blocks the blood flow through your lungs which <strong>raises the blood pressure<\/strong> in the lungs and causes your heart to work harder to pump your blood through those narrowed arteries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Causes of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>exact cause of PAH is unknown<\/strong> but it is believed that PAH occurs when there is <strong>injury to the cells<\/strong> that line the blood vessels of the lung, which over time results in this blood vessel disease.<\/li>\n<li>It can also develop in <strong>association with other medical conditions<\/strong> including congenital heart disease, liver disease, HIV and connective tissue diseases \u2014 such as scleroderma and lupus.<\/li>\n<li>PAH can even be <strong>associated with past or present drug use<\/strong>, such as the use of methamphetamine or certain diet pills.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Symptoms of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: <\/strong>Blue fingers or lips, Chest pain, Dizziness or fainting, Fatigue, Shortness of breath that gets worse over time etc.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Treatment for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension:<\/strong> While there are treatment options for PAH, there is <strong>no known cure.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1:<\/strong> What is the main cause of pulmonary arterial hypertension?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong> Unknown cause, called idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2:<\/strong> What is the new treatment for hypertension?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong> The FDA approved a new treatment for uncontrolled high blood pressure. The once-daily oral medication, called Tryvio (aprocitentan).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3:<\/strong> Which food increases BP?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong> Salty Foods which incorporate foods high in sodium, such as pickles, olives, salted nuts, and canned soups,<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/business\/Industry\/natcos-generic-for-pah-gets-usfda-nod-marketing-partner-lupin-to-launch-product\/article69202074.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>TH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension is a specific type of pulmonary hypertension that is caused when the tiny arteries in your lung become thickened and narrowed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":30022,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-30021","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}