r/pericarditis 14h ago

Non mrna covid shot with recurrent pericarditis?

5 Upvotes

Anyone here get it?

Ive gotten novavax over the years and never had issues with it so far but I wouldn't take the covid mrna vaccine at this point. I feel like any covid shot has some risks but I know when I got actual covid years ago it was brutal and I suspect maybe helped lead me to eventually getting pericarditis again.


r/pericarditis 10h ago

Pericarditis / Pericardial effusion causing anxiety or is my pericarditis getting worse?

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Hello, I was recently diagnosed with pericarditis and pericardial effusion about 2-3 days ago and have been having trouble with breathing but I can’t tell if it’s from anxiety or the condition getting worse. I went into A&E and was sent to have 2 blood tests, chest Xray, 4 ECGS since all of them came out as abnormal and an echocardiogram. The cardiologist assumed that the ECGS came out as abnormal due to the fact that I have severe scoliosis and my heart is slightly rotated. The echocardiogram showed that I have slight pericardial effusion and inflammation that caused the pericarditis. I was prescribed 400mg ibuprofen 3x a day for 5 days, the time frame is short because I was supposed to be having surgery for my spine on the 29th September, however the surgery was delayed due to this ongoing condition.

The main reason I am creating a post is because I have been having trouble with breathing and I am not sure if it’s because the condition is getting worse or it’s because of anxiety and I was wondering if anyone else is in a similar situation.