Can pericardial effusion be cured?

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Pericardial effusion is a common symptom in clinic. It belongs to a kind of pericardial disease. Pericardial effusion can be diagnosed by the doctor's physical examination or X-ray examination. This disease can be developed from pericarditis or some other non inflammatory pericardial diseases. When pericardial effusion occurs, we should pay attention to immediate treatment, If the disease is not treated in time, it will develop into chronic pericardial effusion, which will cause chest pain and shortness of breath. Let's take a look at the following.

Can pericardial effusion be cured?

First: medical treatment: for patients with excessive pericardial effusion, medical treatment can be carried out through internal medicine, anti-inflammatory drugs, hormone drugs, anti tuberculosis drugs, etc., which have good curative effect. When the condition is relieved and the symptoms disappear, the drug should be stopped immediately. Observe the situation, and the medical treatment method is accepted by most patients.

Second: surgical treatment of pericardial effusion: partial pericardium resection, and drainage of pleural effusion, this method can be redundant pericardium or all pericardium resection, can reduce the production of pericardial effusion, and prevent pericardial constriction, after successful drainage, the effect of surgery is very good, and the probability of recurrence of the disease is very low.

Third: surgical treatment: through xiphoid process, drainage of excessive pericardial effusion, this method is more suitable for critically ill patients, and older patients, its operation is very simple, and the degree of damage is small, but this method of treatment of pericardial effusion recurrence rate is very high, this treatment has appeared for more than 100 years, with good results.

matters needing attention

The incidence rate of pericardial effusion is high in female population, especially in the climacteric period of women. Its clinical symptoms are chest pain and shortness of breath. Some patients can have pericardial obstruction. This disease is not accompanied by acute pericarditis. Therefore, the onset time of it is uncertain. When pericardial effusion increases, pericardial congestion will occur.