(Silver Spring, MD – April 30, 2015) The Pulmonary Hypertension Association (PHA) has awarded 13 committed community activists funding for projects to raise awareness of pulmonary hypertension (PH) – a debilitating disease of the lungs that affects the functioning of the heart and can lead to right heart failure. Often misdiagnosed as asthma or other less threatening illnesses, PH symptoms include shortness of breath, chest pain, fainting and chronic fatigue. Without treatment, patients survive on average less than three years from diagnosis.
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