{"id":3631495,"date":"2023-10-24T16:35:20","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T20:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vip2-msd.com\/merckcom-migrated\/?post_type=story&#038;p=3631495"},"modified":"2023-11-17T14:04:50","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T19:04:50","slug":"staying-positive-with-pulmonary-arterial-hypertension","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/vip2-msd.com\/merckcom-migrated\/stories\/staying-positive-with-pulmonary-arterial-hypertension\/","title":{"rendered":"Staying positive with pulmonary arterial hypertension"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"mco-f1-article-hero-block_823c57fdd7b57af9c6cd25fd0c0fbd2a\" class=\"mco-f1-article-hero mccberg-block\">\n    <div class=\"mco-f1-article-hero-content-container\">\n        \n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/vip2-msd.com\/merckcom-migrated\/content_topic\/health-awareness\/\">\n                    <small class=\"tagline\">Health awareness<\/small>\n                <\/a>\n            \n        \n                    <h1>\n                Staying positive with pulmonary arterial hypertension\n            <\/h1>\n                            <p>From struggling to breathe to advocating for others, one woman with PAH shares her story<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"mco-f1-article-hero-date-container\">\n                    <p class=\"mco-f1-article-hero-date text-descriptive\">October 24, 2023<\/p>\n                <div class=\"mco-f1-article-share-btn-container\">\n                            <p class=\"text-descriptive\">Share this article<\/p>\n                                        <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/vip2-msd.com\/merckcom-migrated\/stories\/staying-positive-with-pulmonary-arterial-hypertension\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Share on Facebook\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" viewBox=\"0 0 16 16\">\n    <path fill=\"#00857C\" fill-rule=\"nonzero\" d=\"M6.023 16L6 9H3V6h3V4c0-2.7 1.672-4 4.08-4 1.153 0 2.144.086 2.433.124v2.821h-1.67c-1.31 0-1.563.623-1.563 1.536V6H13l-1 3H9.28v7H6.023z\" \/>\n<title>Facebook icon<\/title><\/svg>\n<\/a><\/p>\n                <p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=https%3A%2F%2Fvip2-msd.com%2Fmerckcom-migrated%2Fstories%2Fstaying-positive-with-pulmonary-arterial-hypertension%2F Staying positive with pulmonary arterial hypertension\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Share on X\">\n<!-- Generator: Adobe Illustrator 27.7.0, SVG Export Plug-In . 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She assumed it was simple: She started to focus on improving her diet and getting more exercise, but she wasn\u2019t seeing results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLittle did I know the situation was a lot more serious than that,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Martin was diagnosed with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and scleroderma. PAH is a disease of high blood pressure in the lungs. Her PAH was associated with scleroderma, a connective tissue disease that can affect the skin, blood vessels and organs and can cause PAH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns mco-columns-wrapping is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 style=\"color: #00857c\">&#8220;I had two illnesses, and I had no idea what they were from. How did I get them? 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