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Had Pericarditis. Has Cough, Night Sweats, Headache, Bodyache, Fatigue, Anorexia. Elevated BUN, Creatinine, ESR. Reason?
My husband had an acute episode of pericarditis about 3 weeks ago. He is home from the hospital and the pericardial effusion is resolved; however, he feels as though every day is the first day of the flu. He has had a cough, night sweats , headache, body ache, fatigue and anorexia . He was on a high dose of ibuprofen for the percardial effusion but that was discharged 2 days ago. His labs came back with elevated BUN, Creatinine, and erythrocyte sedimentation rate . The cardiologist and the internist don t seem to have an explanation for why he feels so bad. It feels like a virus but he s been feeling this way for 3 weeks. He sees an infectious disease specialist tomorrow. Any ideas?
Fri, 12 Jul 2013
HI, Pericarditis and pericardial effusion can happen in lots of diseases like infections, thyroid disease, kidney disease. As you have mentioned - his creatinine is also elevated, You should take an opinion of nephrologist(kidney specialist) also. Take care.
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