Viagra Can Save Your Life
August 27th, 2007The way Viagra works, is to improve the flow of blood that circulates around the human body by increasing the amount of a protein known as phosphodiesterase 5 that is found in the phallus and restricts the arteries in that zone. However, this protein is also located in two other zones of the human body, the lungs and the right ventricle of the heart. Pulmonary hypertension affects the blood run to the lungs, therefore restricting the arteries and pulling the right ventricle of the heart. It is similar in diagnosis to high blood pressure, but the extra work the heart is obliged to do to pump the protein around the body in the blood often is the reason of tiredness, dyspnea and in extreme cases can result in death of the patient. Having hypertension is easily manageable, and with the adequate medication patients can increase their lifespan by more or less twenty years. However, if a patient has pulmonary hypertension, their life is greatly decreased. In the most serious of cases, a patient may only have three years without the adequate medication, and this has a harmful result on their life quality. No essential test was executed with this medical condition, as it was hard to determine. Then, in 2002 a study was conducted on a number of patients who were suffering from this state. PreviousPrior tests with other drugs was focused on healthy hearts, and did not get successful results because it was hard to strengthen the adequate ventricle in combination with lessening blood pressure and unnerving the lungs. This experiment involved giving patients strictly controlled dosage of Viagra, and lead to surprising outcome. Viagra was proved to be extremely successful in enhancing the heart function of patients who have a affected right ventricle, and decreased the high pressure in their lungs. Because Viagra is a completely sure and natural medicine that handles the chemical disbalance in the blood flow, doctors at Glasgow