Around 5,000 Canadians have been diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension (PH), a rare disease defined by high blood pressure in the lungs which can lead to heart failure. Symptoms of this progressive disease often include difficulty breathing, fatigue, chest pain and faintness and there is currently no cure.
Healthing spoke to 17-year-old Brin Marks who was diagnosed with PH in January 2020, and her mother and primary caregiver Jessie Marks to learn more about this rare disease. Read Brin's story here