What is myocarditis

Myocarditis is a very common inflammation with a relatively high incidence rate. When patients discover the disease, they need timely treatment, otherwise the condition will worsen and even develop into a systemic disease. There are many causes of myocarditis, some are due to bacterial infection and some are due to diseases induced by damaged immune system. There may be many people who don’t know much about myocarditis. Here I will introduce to you what myocarditis is.

Among the many pathogens that can cause myocarditis, the most common is viral myocarditis. This is mainly due to low immunity of the body, which causes the pathogens to enter the body and induce the disease. Today I will introduce to you the symptoms of myocarditis and related clinical manifestations.

Myocarditis refers to localized or diffuse inflammatory lesions of the myocardial layer caused by various causes. Inflammatory lesions may involve the myocardium, interstitium, blood vessels, pericardium, or endocardium. The causes may be various infections, autoimmune reactions and physical and chemical factors. The course of the disease may be acute, subacute, or chronic. Viral myocarditis is more common in my country. Clinical manifestations usually relate to the amount of myocardial damage. Mild myocarditis has fewer clinical manifestations and is difficult to diagnose, so the pathological diagnosis is much higher than the clinical incidence.

What is myocarditis? The clinical manifestations of myocarditis are mainly systemic symptoms of primary infection or primary disease, such as fatigue, fever, upper respiratory tract infection, etc. The clinical manifestations related to myocarditis itself often depend on the extensiveness of the lesions, and the severity of symptoms varies greatly. In mild cases, only ST-T changes may occur without symptoms, while in severe cases, acute heart failure or cardiogenic shock may occur in a short period of time. Arrhythmia, syncope or cardiac syncope, or even sudden death. Those with symptoms may complain of chest tightness, dull pain in the precordial area, palpitations, fatigue, shortness of breath, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, headache, dizziness, myalgia, joint pain, oliguria, and urinary retention. Some patients may have neurological symptoms. In addition to common arrhythmias, most patients with chronic myocarditis present with progressive heart failure.

What is myocarditis? After reading the above introduction, you should have some understanding of it. Myocarditis causes great harm to the patient's health. No matter what causes the disease, you should be admitted to the hospital for treatment in time when any discomfort is found. The longer the time is delayed, the more detrimental it is to recovery. I wish you a speedy recovery.