Guest guest Posted September 12, 2007 Report Share Posted September 12, 2007 I posted a week or so ago speculating that my heart symptoms might be related to pericarditis.? Can you tell me what the symptoms feel like exactly?? Why do you think it's pericarditis?? Does it have a constrictive element to it?? Have you ever had your pericardial fluid tested for pathogens? Peggy ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 12, 2007 Report Share Posted September 12, 2007 Yes, sorry, Peggy. I’ll admit that I don’t read all the messages as I’m on too many chatlists. Once in a while, on my upper left side (basically it falls on the right side of my left breast tissue). The feeling is a stabbing or squeezing feeling. It will come out of nowhere. Until it ceases I cannot take a deep breath in or out; I have to breath very shallow like. I can’t move around much. When I move it’s worse. So I usually stay in the one position that doesn’t hurt until it goes away. The pain is anywhere from what I described and can follow my breast tissue down all the way to my lower left ribs. It’s NEVER on the right side, just the left. I’ve never had the fluid checked because according to my cardiologist, he’s not concerned. Of course this was years and years ago. It’s just odd that it’s been so prevalent lately. Wendi Carrillo _____ From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Peggomatic@... Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 11:47 AM Subject: Re:Pericarditis I posted a week or so ago speculating that my heart symptoms might be related to pericarditis.? Can you tell me what the symptoms feel like exactly?? Why do you think it's pericarditis?? Does it have a constrictive element to it?? Have you ever had your pericardial fluid tested for pathogens? Peggy __________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail. <http://mail.aol.com> aol.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2007 Report Share Posted September 13, 2007 Hello Peggy and Wendi, Is this a really intense, acute pain, or can it be an ongoing, chronic squeezed feeling, that is in the upper back, as well as, in the left side of chest? Also, I have breathing problems, more intensely, when I am lying down..which has come on at the same time, at which, I had a very severe cardiac reaction to salt. This has been reported by others, who have had a cardiac reaction to other substances. I wonder, Wendi, if you have had a cardiac reaction to the MCB supplement, and this is what has brought on your pericarditis symptoms.. Carole > > Yes, sorry, Peggy. I'll admit that I don't read all the messages as I'm on > too many chatlists. Once in a while, on my upper left side (basically it > falls on the right side of my left breast tissue). The feeling is a stabbing > or squeezing feeling. It will come out of nowhere. Until it ceases I cannot > take a deep breath in or out; I have to breath very shallow like. I can't > move around much. When I move it's worse. So I usually stay in the one > position that doesn't hurt until it goes away. The pain is anywhere from > what I described and can follow my breast tissue down all the way to my > lower left ribs. It's NEVER on the right side, just the left. I've never had > the fluid checked because according to my cardiologist, he's not concerned. > Of course this was years and years ago. It's just odd that it's been so > prevalent lately. > > > > Wendi Carrillo > > > > _____ > > From: > [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Peggomatic@... > Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 11:47 AM > > Subject: Re:Pericarditis > > > > I posted a week or so ago speculating that my heart symptoms might be > related to pericarditis.? Can you tell me what the symptoms feel like > exactly?? Why do you think it's pericarditis?? Does it have a constrictive > element to it?? Have you ever had your pericardial fluid tested for > pathogens? > > Peggy > > __________________________________________________________ > Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - > http://mail. <http://mail.aol.com> aol.com > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2007 Report Share Posted September 13, 2007 Hi Carole – It is intense. So intense that you it paralyzes you for a moment but for me it comes and goes. The first night it is on the right side of the edge (what I would imagine it to be) of my heart. Then the next few days the pain radiates down under my left breast. I don’t have breathing problems, per say. I can’t inhale or exhale deeply or the pain comes back, thus keeping it shallow for a while. I’ve been on the supps a while so I’m not convinced that is it, especially since I’ve been having these pains since I was 11, now 32. Regarding salt. On the rare occasions that I get arrythmias, I put a pinch of salt under my tongue and voila, gone. I eat A LOT of salt since becoming ill. With low BP, I don’t even worry about too much salt. I’m like a cow, throw me a salt lick and I’m fine! Wendi Carrillo _____ From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of aspenleaf54 Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 7:00 PM Subject: Re:Pericarditis Hello Peggy and Wendi, Is this a really intense, acute pain, or can it be an ongoing, chronic squeezed feeling, that is in the upper back, as well as, in the left side of chest? Also, I have breathing problems, more intensely, when I am lying down..which has come on at the same time, at which, I had a very severe cardiac reaction to salt. This has been reported by others, who have had a cardiac reaction to other substances. I wonder, Wendi, if you have had a cardiac reaction to the MCB supplement, and this is what has brought on your pericarditis symptoms.. Carole > > Yes, sorry, Peggy. I'll admit that I don't read all the messages as I'm on > too many chatlists. Once in a while, on my upper left side (basically it > falls on the right side of my left breast tissue). The feeling is a stabbing > or squeezing feeling. It will come out of nowhere. Until it ceases I cannot > take a deep breath in or out; I have to breath very shallow like. I can't > move around much. When I move it's worse. So I usually stay in the one > position that doesn't hurt until it goes away. The pain is anywhere from > what I described and can follow my breast tissue down all the way to my > lower left ribs. It's NEVER on the right side, just the left. I've never had > the fluid checked because according to my cardiologist, he's not concerned. > Of course this was years and years ago. It's just odd that it's been so > prevalent lately. > > > > Wendi Carrillo > > > > _____ > > From: @ <mailto:%40> > [mailto:@ <mailto:%40> ] On Behalf Of Peggomatic@... > Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 11:47 AM > @ <mailto:%40> > Subject: Re:Pericarditis > > > > I posted a week or so ago speculating that my heart symptoms might be > related to pericarditis.? Can you tell me what the symptoms feel like > exactly?? Why do you think it's pericarditis?? Does it have a constrictive > element to it?? Have you ever had your pericardial fluid tested for > pathogens? > > Peggy > > __________________________________________________________ > Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - > http://mail. <http://mail. <http://mail.aol.com> aol.com> aol.com > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2007 Report Share Posted September 13, 2007 Dear Wendi It sounds like the chest pain I get. Had an electrocardiogram twice with no adverse findings. The last time was at 4 in the morning so straight off to emergency so the ECG was done while the pain was present. I did end up with a great deal of muscle soreness though. I'm in the same boat, had pains like this since the age of 10 or 11, I'm now 60 so you have a bit to look forward to. Regards R Re:Pericarditis > > > > I posted a week or so ago speculating that my heart symptoms might be > related to pericarditis.? Can you tell me what the symptoms feel like > exactly?? Why do you think it's pericarditis?? Does it have a constrictive > element to it?? Have you ever had your pericardial fluid tested for > pathogens? > > Peggy > > __________________________________________________________ > Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - > http://mail. <http://mail. <http://mail.aol.com> aol.com> aol.com > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 14, 2007 Report Share Posted September 14, 2007 For me the pain is more often an INTENSE squeezing sensation, like my heart is in an iron cage and simply cannot beat and is suffocating.? I do also get sharper pains though, but those are less frequent.? As for salt, I tolerate it just fine and crave it. Peggy ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 14, 2007 Report Share Posted September 14, 2007 Dear Peggy, Your symptoms sound more like mine..it has become a chronic condition, after two years, although the MITO supplements have helped, but only to a minor degree. I wake up every morning with chest soreness/tightness/constriction, but sometimes I have more intense pain with exertion. I feel like I am being slowly suffocated. When I went for a Stress Echo, the cardiologists thought I had three blockages of the heart, which Dr. Cheney indicates will happen if they are testing a CFIDSer with Diastoylic Dysfunction. I collapsed right after it was over, and nearly fainted (according to the nurse)..and I have been taking light exercise for 30 years, but not at the pace of thathat treadmill machine..I had post-exertional malaise (much more severe than usual) for at least a week aftewards. I have had CFIDS for about thirty years. Carole > > For me the pain is more often an INTENSE squeezing sensation, like my heart is in an iron cage and simply cannot beat and is suffocating.? I do also get sharper pains though, but those are less frequent.? As for salt, I tolerate it just fine and crave it. > > Peggy > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 9, 2011 Report Share Posted February 9, 2011 l would like to know if anyone has been diagnosed with pericarditis in the p and PsA group. pericarditis is inflammation of the heart sac, l ended up in emergency because l thought l was having a heart attach, and after alot of tests was diagnosed with this. l have been looking around the net and so far haven't found it in symptoms with PsA. l also am having numbness in my thigh when l walk or stand for long periods. anyone else get numb? thank you for any thoughts or input, Arla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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