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Suggest Treatment For Viral Pericarditis
age is 34, 85 kilo, in a period of 10 years i have many attacks of viral pericarditis. When i rested for a week and took some anti-influanzapills is was getting much better. especially with sport it increases. The last year it comes back too many times. What is the best treatment?
Fri, 27 Feb 2015
Hello and thank you for your question.
The most common medications used to treat pericarditis are anti-inflammatory medications like ibuprofen and colchicine. Colchicine is often added to the anti-inflammatory medications to decrease the risk of reccurence. It recurrent cases like your sometimes steroid medications like prednisone are used.
This is a link to some online information you can get about pericarditis.
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/pericarditis-in-adults-the-basics?source=see_link
In rare cases fluid has to be drained from the pericardial sac or sometimes the pericardium has to be removed surgically.
In all cases it is important for the doctors to find the cause of the inflammation and treat the underlying cause if possible.
I hope you get some relief soon.
Dr.Robinson
The most common medications used to treat pericarditis are anti-inflammatory medications like ibuprofen and colchicine. Colchicine is often added to the anti-inflammatory medications to decrease the risk of reccurence. It recurrent cases like your sometimes steroid medications like prednisone are used.
This is a link to some online information you can get about pericarditis.
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/pericarditis-in-adults-the-basics?source=see_link
In rare cases fluid has to be drained from the pericardial sac or sometimes the pericardium has to be removed surgically.
In all cases it is important for the doctors to find the cause of the inflammation and treat the underlying cause if possible.
I hope you get some relief soon.
Dr.Robinson
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