Pericardium is the thin, saclike tissue (membrane) that surrounds and protects the heart, and helps it function properly.
Pericarditis is the swelling and irritation in that sac.
- Acute pericarditis begins suddenly but doesn’t last longer than four weeks.
- Recurrent pericarditis occurs about 4 to 6 weeks after a bout of acute pericarditis.
- Incessant pericarditis lasts about 4 to 6 weeks but less than three months. The symptoms continue over this whole time.
- Chronic constrictive pericarditis usually develops slowly and lasts longer than three months.
Pericarditis symptoms may include:
- Sharp, stabbing (or dull) chest pain behind the breastbone on the left side that may spread to the shoulders, neck, or back – main symptom
- Pain aggravated by change of position, lying down, deep inspiration, coughing or swallowing.
- Relief while sitting or bending forward.
- Steady severe pain mimicking heart attack
- Dyspnoea (laboured breathing)
- Short hacking dry cough
- Fever
- Sweating
- Tachycardia (increased heart rate or palpitations)
- Feeling hot and shivery
- Feeling sick
- Feeling light-headed
- Anxiety or fatigue
- Fatigue or general feeling of weakness.
- Swelling of the legs or feet.
- Swelling of the belly or around the abdomen.
Many of its symptoms are like those of the heart and lung conditions. It’s important to be thoroughly checked by a healthcare professional in case of any type of chest pain.
Possible Causes & Risk Factors
- Nonspecific pericarditis or pericarditis of unknown cause
- Rheumatic pericarditis
- Infective: Viral (influenza, mumps, herpes simplex, AIDS)
- Fungal (actinomycosis, histoplasmosis)
- Bacterial (tuberculosis, pyogenic organisms)
- Parasitic (ecchinococcus, Amoebiasis, Filariasis)
- Protozoal (Amoebiasis, toxoplasmosis)
- Spirochetal (syphilitic, Lyme disease)
- Metabolic diseases e.g. uremia
- Auto immune e.g. – Systemic lupus erythromatosus
- Scleroderma
- Polyarteritis nodosa
- Giant cell arteritis
- After heart attack or an operation e.g., thoracic surgical procedures
- Tumours and infiltrations – Cancer of the bronchus or the esophagus
- Lymphoma (cancerous tumor of the lymph node)
- Leukemia (a group of malignant i.e. cancerous diseases in which the bone marrow and other blood forming organs produce increased numbers of certain types of white blood cells)
- Trauma
- Endocrine disorders e.g. myxoedema
- Serum sickness
- Radiation
- Hemopericardium- Cardiac rupture
- Aortic dissection
- Tran venous cardiac pacemaker
- Underactive thyroid gland
- Tuberculosis (TB)
- Heart attack
- Certain medicines or vaccines such as e.g. hydralazine, seizure treatment phenytoin (Dilantin) and medicine called procainamide to treat an irregular heartbeat.
- Injury to the heart or chest.
- Long-term health conditions, including kidney failure and cancer.
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