What is the differance between high blood pressure and pulmonary hypertension? my diastolic # has been typucalky around 115 w sone shortness breath.

Could be your heart: Pulmonary hypertension is too much pressure in the arteries in your lungs. It isn't something you can measure directly. Your blood pressure reading measures pressure in the rest of your body. If it's too high, that can weaken your heart. An echocardiogram can tell what's going on. A diastolic blood pressure of 115 is certainly too high, although asthma can make you short of breath, which raises bp.

PH: High blood pressure in the lungs is called pulmonary hypertension (ph) or pulmonary arterial hypertension (pah). Pah is a chronic and life-changing disease that can lead to right heart failure if left untreated. The diagnosis requires heart catheterization. Systemic hypertension is high blood pressure in the rest of your circulation and is diagnosed with a blood pressure cuff by the doctor.