Dog Pulmonary Hypertension

A diagnosis of heart disease on your dog can be frightening especially when you hear the word term called Pulmonary Hypertension also known as PH. Most dogs that suffered PH are able to live long and have a normal life, of course you need to understand your dog's illness and do the best to keep your pet healthy.

Pulmonary Hypertension is a term that describes elevated pulmonary arterial pressure. The main causes of this problem on dogs are the following: Chronic or severe lung disease, heart worm disease and left heart disease. A dog can also receive this disorder from secondary chronic pulmonary thromboembolism illnesses.

PH can cause the right side of the dog's heart to become enlarged. If the pressure of the right side of the dog's heart rises then it will not let blood to flow to the left side of the heart, which will cause the blood to back up on the right side of the heart and it will reduce the circulation of blood to the pet's body. The main symptoms of Pulmonary Hypertension on dogs are: Weakness, coughing, fainting, abdominal swelling, heart failure, exercise intolerance, shallow breathing and respiratory distress.

The most effective drug used by veterinarians to treat Pulmonary Hypertension on dogs are the Erectile Dysfunction medications called Viagra and Cialis. This oral drugs will not cure your dog's PH, but it will provide your dog the ability to be more energetic and less distress when they take this drug. Each case depends on the dog's PH severity that is why it's strongly recommended that before you buy Cialis or Viagra for your dog to please visit a veterinary for a check up on your pet. The three types of PH on dogs are: Mild Pulmonary Hypertension, Moderate Pulmonary Hypertension and Severe Pulmonary hypertension.