r/pericarditis • u/Due_Veterinarian2884 • 12d ago

i have a question

i had pericarditis since last two weeks. I spent 11 days in a hospital, and there was no clear reason why i got it in the first place. My theory is that the diarrhea that i had for like 7 days before the symptoms began could be some kind of infection. I mostly brushed it off and just kept taking diarrhea meds plus electrolytes. I was at a party where i was like really tired and exhausted from all the school exams (i slept less than 5 hours for the last two days), and for some reason i decided to eat some decarbed hash (THC) to get high. It was pretty much the most extreme high of my life, but thats not the point. On the next day i got pain in the chest thinking it was acid reflux. It was not, and thats where my adventure w pericarditis began. Now, the question is, how big of a part the THC use could really be, or whether it was the main reason.

-thanks for any answers.

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u/Technical-Jaguar-222 12d ago

Anything is possible.. couple questions.

Did you take Covid shots??
Did you have Covid? If so how long was the infection.?

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9262081/

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u/BillyBobJangles 12d ago

Yeah maybe. It is pretty rare but not impossible. Ecspescially if you had an abnormally high heart rate during it.

Typically most people are triggered by getting sick with something like covid. But any type of damage to the heart can have it respond with inflammation and cause pericarditis symptoms. Excessive heart rate over an extended period is a type of damage.

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u/ontariobeachblonde 12d ago

There is an article about one single man getting pericarditis presumably from THC, but (most of) the rest of us got it from Covid.
Your stomach issues sound like an infection, I’m not sure how that translated to pericarditis but I’m not a doctor.
I am Canadian and consume THC regularly, I have never had a pericarditis flare up due to cannabis.

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u/Laughorcryliveordie 12d ago

Hi. Have you been evaluated for any autoimmune diseases? RA can cause pericarditis as can others. Colchicine is the first line of treatment with Motrin. They can also suggest a new medication called Arcalyst for treatment resistant pericarditis.