Re: chronic parcarditis.. Whats the future hold?

Yea, they sent me to a rheumatologist.
Hes the one that said that there was no cause for it other then my own
immune system attacking me.
He also checked me out for Lupas and that came back negative.

The thought of being on prednisone indeffinetly is just as bad as the
pericarditis.

bob@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Pericarditis is often a symtom of various auto-immune conditions such as
lupus, vasculitis or Churg-Strauss syndrome. Has your doctor ruled out such
conditions? They tend to be chronic conditions, I'm sorry to say, although
some people do get put into remission without the need for ongoing
prednisone treatment.

Robert

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