Pericardis

Description:

The pericardis is accumulation of liquid in cavities and irritation of a pericardium which represents a pericardiac bag.

Pericardis symptoms:

Can be symptoms of a pericardis:

    * Pain in a breast. Often there is acute or dull constant pain. It can be localized on the center of a thorax and can sometimes extend to the left shoulder. Pain can amplify at deep breath, in a prone position or when swallowing, and sitting and an inclination mozhnut it forward to facilitate.
    * Temperature increase to low figures.
    * The general feeling of weakness, fatigue or sparseness in the head.
    * Asthma.
    * Cough.
    * Hiccups.
    * Muscle pains.

Pain arising at a pericardis differs from pain at stenocardia which usually worsens at a tension, but does not change at deep breath. You have to report to the doctor about any pain which arose in your thorax. At early stages of a pericardis can be heavy to define, there was this pain owing to an inflammation or, perhaps, owing to heart attack.

If you had pericardis complications, then you have a risk of development of an acute heart failure. Symptoms of an acute heart failure include suddenly arisen heavy asthma, the wrong or accelerated heartbeat and cough with allocation of a pink foamy phlegm. The acute heart failure is a medical emergency which demands immediate delivery of health care.

Pericardis reasons:

In most cases the reason of a pericardis is unknown or it is considered that it is caused by a viral infection.

Heart attack, bacterial infection, injury of a thorax or radiation therapy at cancer diseases can be more rare reasons. Also the renal failure, HIV infection, tuberculosis, a hypothyroidism, autoimmune diseases, such as a system lupus erythematosus or reception of certain medicines can cause a pericardis.

Treatment of the Pericardis:

If there were no complications, usually the pericardis passes in itself within several weeks. Your doctor can suggest you to accept the anesthetizing medicine which is sold without recipe to help you to reduce pain and discomfort. In certain cases the doctor can appoint to you more powerful medicines.