What symptom does pericarditis have?

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In general, the incidence of pericarditis is relatively slow, male more than female, more in young people, patients with pericarditis often have palpitations, cough, fever, emaciation and other symptoms, let the patient suffer. Understanding the symptoms of pericarditis is helpful for further treatment. Here are the early symptoms of pericarditis.

What symptom does pericarditis have?

The main signs of tuberculous pericarditis are: tachycardia, enlargement of heart boundary, distant heart sound, occasional pericardial friction sound, 40% - 50% pleural effusion, cardiac tamponade, jugular vein distention, azygous pulse, liver enlargement, sitting breathing, lower extremity edema, etc. There are 88 cases of tuberculous pericarditis reported abroad. 88% of them have jugular vein distention, 95% have hepatomegaly, 73% have ascites, 18% have pericardial fricative sound. Chest X-ray of half cases show enlargement of heart shadow and pleural effusion.

When tuberculous pericarditis develops into chronic constrictive pericarditis, there is no fever, night sweats and other symptoms, but the prominent manifestations are jugular vein distention, hypotension, small pulse pressure, abdominal swelling, ascites and edema.

Early diagnosis is very important. Tuberculous pericarditis should be considered in patients with fever of unknown origin, large amount of pericardial effusion, especially bloody effusion. It is worth noting that tuberculous pericarditis may also occur during the treatment of tuberculosis. It is difficult to make a definite diagnosis of tuberculous pericarditis by bacteriology, because the growth rate of bacteria in pericardial exudate is very low, it is not easy to be detected by staining or microscope, and it takes a long time to obtain acid fast bacilli culture, and the positive rate is also low.

matters needing attention

For pericardial disease we are not unfamiliar with, pericardial disease seriously affects the health of patients, so when there are symptoms of pericardial disease, we must go to the hospital in time. The onset of pericardial disease is slow, the course of disease is long, and patients can not do without the careful care of their families. Doing a good job of pericardial disease can improve the immunity of patients.