How is pericardial effusion treated

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Pericardial effusion is a very common symptom in clinic, which 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, and achieve the goal If the disease is not treated in time, it will develop into chronic pericardial effusion, which will cause chest pain and shortness of breath. Now let's share with you.

How is pericardial effusion treated

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: 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.

Third: surgical method can treat pericardial effusion: remove part of pericardium and drain pleural effusion. This method can remove redundant pericardium or all pericardium, reduce the generation of pericardial effusion and prevent pericardial constriction. After successful drainage, the effect of operation is very good, and the probability of recurrence of the disease is very low.

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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.