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Recurrent Pericarditis

What is Recurrent Pericarditis ?

Pericarditis is a condition caused by the inflammation of the lining surrounding the heart.

 

Pericarditis is a condition caused by the inflammation of the lining surrounding the heart.
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Pericarditis can be caused by a heart attack, bacterial, viral or fungal infections or a tumour or cancer spreading from nearby lungs or breasts.
There are a number of symptoms that effect patients with Recurrent Pericarditis.
Name Description
Chest pain Chest pain
Friction rub Friction rub is when the parietal and visceral surfaces of the roughened pericardium to rub against each other. This is caused by inflammation of the pericardial sac.
Fever Fever
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chest pain -- recurrent pericarditis Created by 2kids2cats
Last updated 4 Jul 2008, 07:58 PM

Posted by 2kids2cats
4 Jul 2008, 07:58 PM

Am wondering if anyone else knows of a child who has this condition, believed to be the result of a "quirky" autoimmune system (dr.s words). My 12-yr.-old daughter has been suffering with this for 3 years now. The doctors are once again trying to wean her off prednisone, which is the only drug to date that has helped alleviate the symptoms and pain. She's home from sports camp for 2 days now, as her pain has kicked in once again and we are hoping to deal with it at home as opposed to rushing to hospital, where we will wait for hours on end and most likely have her prednisone bumped up again significantly. She's a very active and happy girl who has lots of friends and interests but I've always felt it would be wonderful to find another child who suffers from this or similar condition. What a fantastic idea to create this website, am encouraged that other people are in the same boat, although it's sort of frightening to think how many rare conditions are out there! Thanks for listening, hope to hear from someone...

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My daughter has been diagnosed with recurrent pericarditis, suffering for the past 3 years with chest pain and many symptoms.

 

She is taking prednisone, a steroid which the doctors are trying...

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chest pain -- recurrent pericarditis

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