Pulmonary hypertension: more common than ever? ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Pulmonary hypertension is a disease that affects the blood vessels in the lungs. The symptoms of this disease during the initial stages are common to many other medical conditions such as difficulty breathing and feeling fatigued. With no current cure, this can make finding treatments and the possibility of an improved quality of life even more difficult. The cases of pulmonary hypertension are rising, but lack of education on the disease is causing some serious concerns among medical experts. “People often don’t get discovered till very late when their hearts are already starting to fail,” explained Raymond Benza, MD, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.