{"id":52465,"date":"2025-04-25T22:02:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T02:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hancockhealth.org\/mayo-health-library\/hepatopulmonary-syndrome\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T12:05:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T17:05:41","slug":"hepatopulmonary-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"mayo","link":"https:\/\/www.hancockhealth.org\/es\/mayo-health-library\/hepatopulmonary-syndrome\/","title":{"rendered":"Hepatopulmonary syndrome"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container mx-auto   wordpress-block wordpress- core-\">\n<p>Hepatopulmonary (hep-uh-toe-POOL-moe-nar-e) syndrome is caused by blood vessels in the lungs expanding, also called dilating, and increasing in number. This condition affects the lungs of people who have advanced liver disease.<\/p>\n<p>These changes in the lungs make it hard for red blood cells to take in oxygen. Then the lungs can&#8217;t send enough oxygen to the body. This leads to low oxygen levels in the blood, also called hypoxemia.<\/p>\n<p> How liver disease is linked to the lung condition isn&#8217;t yet known. A liver transplant is the only cure for hepatopulmonary syndrome.<\/p>\n<p>Often, there are no symptoms of hepatopulmonary syndrome. If there are symptoms, they can include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Shortness of breath that&#8217;s worse when sitting or standing and gets better when lying down.<\/li>\n<li>Clubbing of the fingers, in which the fingertips spread out and become rounder than usual.<\/li>\n<li>Broken blood vessels under the skin, called spider angioma.<\/li>\n<li>Bluish tinge of the lips and skin in white people. In Black and brown people, the lips or tongue might look light gray. This change in color is called cyanosis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hepatopulmonary syndrome is caused when blood vessels in and around the lungs widen, also called dilate. This affects the amount of oxygen that moves from the lungs into the bloodstream.<\/p>\n<p>What causes this is not clear. And it&#8217;s not known why some people with liver disease develop hepatopulmonary syndrome while others do not.<\/p>\n<p>These tests can help find if you have hepatopulmonary syndrome:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Arterial blood gas.<\/strong> For this test, blood is taken from an artery to measure levels of oxygen and carbon dioxide and the pH balance.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chest imaging.<\/strong> X-rays, <abbr title=\"computerized tomography\">CT<\/abbr> scanning or echocardiogram imaging with a salt solution given through a vein, called a saline contrast study, can help rule out other heart or lung conditions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pulse oximetry.<\/strong> In pulse oximetry, a sensor attached to the finger or ear uses light to see how much oxygen is in the blood.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Being given oxygen, called supplemental oxygen therapy, is the main treatment for shortness of breath caused by low oxygen levels in the blood. 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