Dressler's syndrome (patient information)

Dressler's syndrome
Overview
What are the symptoms?
What are the causes?
Who is at highest risk?
When to seek urgent medical care?
Diagnosis
Treatment options
Where to find medical care for Dressler's syndrome?
What to expect (Outlook/Prognosis)?
Possible complications
Prevention
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

What are the symptoms of Dressler's syndrome?

• Anxiety
• Chest pain
• May come and go (recur)
• Pain may be sharp and stabbing (pleuritic) or tight and crushing (ischemic)
• Pain may get worse when breathing and may go away when you stand or sit up
• Pain moves to the neck, shoulder, back, or abdomen
• Difficulty breathing
• Dry cough
• Fast heart rate (tachycardia)
• Fatigue
• Fever (more common with the second type of pericarditis)
• Malaise (general ill feeling)
• Splinting of ribs (bending over or holding the chest) with deep breathing

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