Myocarditis is the price you pay to live in a society, apparently.
You may as well know what to look for.
Myocarditis can be difficult to detect but here's some tips:
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You may as well know what to look for.
Myocarditis can be difficult to detect but here's some tips:
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Myocarditis has a highly variable presentation. Both the severity and symptoms can be different from one person to the next.
This makes it difficult to detect.
Acute myocarditis has 3 general presentations:
1) Acute Coronary Syndrome
This looks like a heart attack..
This makes it difficult to detect.
Acute myocarditis has 3 general presentations:
1) Acute Coronary Syndrome
This looks like a heart attack..
Chest pain, arm pain, jaw pain, difficulty breathing etc.
Usually about 4 weeks after inciting event.
2) Heart failure
This usually presents weeks to months after inciting event.
Swelling legs, difficulty breathing, weight gain are common. Easy to misdiagnose.
Usually about 4 weeks after inciting event.
2) Heart failure
This usually presents weeks to months after inciting event.
Swelling legs, difficulty breathing, weight gain are common. Easy to misdiagnose.
3) Scary Things
Arrhythmias, sudden cardiac death, and cardiogenic shock.
These can kill you quickly.
Some people with myocarditis also develop pericarditis. Usually causes chest pain when breathing and pain when laying in certain positions (ex pain when laying on back)
Arrhythmias, sudden cardiac death, and cardiogenic shock.
These can kill you quickly.
Some people with myocarditis also develop pericarditis. Usually causes chest pain when breathing and pain when laying in certain positions (ex pain when laying on back)
Most myocarditis falls into one of those three, but there's more.
• Muscle pain
• Extreme fatigue
• Fast heart rate
• Irregular heartbeat
These are also common presenting symptoms of myocarditis.
• Muscle pain
• Extreme fatigue
• Fast heart rate
• Irregular heartbeat
These are also common presenting symptoms of myocarditis.
What's the next step? See a doctor.
They will likely get an EKG, check blood work, probably a chest x-ray.
If they are suspicious of myocarditis they should consider an echocardiogram.
Ultimately the diagnosis requires tissue samples and histology.
They will likely get an EKG, check blood work, probably a chest x-ray.
If they are suspicious of myocarditis they should consider an echocardiogram.
Ultimately the diagnosis requires tissue samples and histology.
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The incidence of myocarditis seems to be on the rise for reasons nobody on the news can figure out.
Catching this dangerous disease early could very well save a life.
The incidence of myocarditis seems to be on the rise for reasons nobody on the news can figure out.
Catching this dangerous disease early could very well save a life.
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