Re: Pericarditis

Posted By Mark on May 27, 1999 at 09:50:34
In late March I was diagnosed with pericarditis.  Every few days for the last several weeks I have been getting attacks of horrible sickness.
I can tell the attacks are about to come on because of a specific type of pain on the left side of my chest.  On one occasion the pain started in the middle of the chest.  When this happened in the middle of my chest I had some heart attack types of systems but I did not go to the hospital because I thought it was just pericarditis even though I felt terrible.  Earlier it was a sticking type of pain followed by a sharper pain, this would be followed by a terrible sickness which is hard to describe.  The attacks lately are preceded by a duller type of pain on my left side.  
Is there anything that I can do when I feel one of these attacks coming on?  Are these normal for pericarditis?
I think the attacks are decreasing in severity, but I am not convinced on this point.

[Mark__0]

Posted By Mark on May 27, 1999 at 16:26:19
As a followup to my earlier post, I have had all the tests done.  Stress
thallium, echo, blood, cat scan.  Everything is normal.  My EKGs started
coming abnormal as the computer printed it last March.  The EKG now shows
normal as the computer prints it but I am told that the T wave is still
inverted.  











Follow Ups:


Pericarditis CCF CARDIO MD - DLB 5/27/1999
(2)

Re: Pericarditis Mark 5/27/1999
(1)

Pericarditis CCF CARDIO MD - DLB 5/28/1999
(0)