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Talk: Poll Archives: 2006

 

Would you characterize your relationship with your PAH doctor as:

Excellent
 78   52%
Good
 37   25%
Fair
 24   16%
Poor
 11   7%
Total votes: 150

Start date: Dec 1, 2006
End date: Feb 28, 2007
Thyroid disease is sometimes associated with PAH. As a PAH patient, have you been tested for thyroid disease?

Tested - negative
 63   36%
Tested - positive
 83   47%
Not tested
 30   17%
Total votes: 176

Start date: Sep 1, 2006
End date: Nov 30, 2006
Is your PAH the result of or associated with:

Familial
 19   6%
Scleroderma
 23   7%
Lupus
 13   4%
Cirrhosis
 6   2%
HIV
 4   1%
Heart Defect (congenital)
 30   9%
Heart Defect (other)
 13   4%
Eisenmenger’s
 4   1%
Gaucher’s
 1   0%
Diet pills or anoxerigens pills
 26   8%
Restrictive lung disease (IPF etc.)
 5   1%
Sleep Apnea
 28   8%
Obstructive lung disease (COPD etc.)
 26   8%
Other
 26   8%
Unknown
 112   33%
Total votes: 336
Start date: May 25, 2006
End date: Aug 31, 2006
Since diagnosis, have you been professionally treated for depression?

Yes, currently
 43   32%
 
No, never
 77   57%
 
Not now, but previously
 16   12%
Total votes: 136

Start date: Feb 27, 2006
End date: Apr 30, 2006
For anyone who smoked, did you quit smoking when you were diagnosed with PH?

Yes
 35   44%
No
 44   56%
Total votes: 79

Start date: Dec 7, 2005
End date: Feb 14, 2006


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