If you have a myocardial infarction, the double membrane that is around the heart has become inflamed. In rare cases, fluid may accumulate between the membranes. Then the heart becomes more difficult to pump the blood and the blood circulation becomes worse. With treatment, inflammation can go away quickly, but sometimes it takes months or years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Myocardial infarction<\/span> is often caused by a viral infection.\u00a0In countries where\u00a0tuberculosis\u00a0is common, it is the most common cause.\u00a0Myocardial infarction can also be due to some illnesses such as arthritis or myocardial infarction.\u00a0You usually also have\u00a0heart muscle inflammation\u00a0at the same time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You may get myocardial infarction after heart surgery, catheter intervention in the heart or various types of infections.\u00a0The risk can even increase if you have a severe blow to the chest, but it is unusual.\u00a0Myocardial infarction<\/em> is also commonly called pericarditis<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you have a myocardial infarction, one or more of the following are common:<\/p>\n\n\n\n If\u00a0you have symptoms that you believe may be due to\u00a0myocardial infarction,\u00a0contact a\u00a0health center\u00a0or\u00a0emergency room\u00a0immediately.\u00a0If it is closed at the health center or on-call reception, seek care at an emergency room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The most common form of myocardial infarction is caused by viruses and heals by itself.\u00a0Other forms of myocardial infarction are treated with\u00a0pain-relieving and anti-inflammatory drugs.\u00a0It is common for you to stay in the hospital for about a day so that your doctor can observe your heart rhythm.\u00a0The heart is usually examined using ultrasound and sometimes fluid has to be drained from the heart sac.\u00a0You may also need treatment for what has caused the inflammation if it is due to another illness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With treatment, the inflammation can go on for a few days or weeks, but it can sometimes take months or years.\u00a0You should avoid sports and heavier bodywork until the inflammation heals, but otherwise, you can live as usual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can seek care at any medical center or open specialist clinic you want throughout the country.\u00a0Sometimes\u00a0a referral\u00a0\u00a0to the open specialist care is\u00a0required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In order for you to be involved in your care and treatment for myocardial infarction<\/strong>, it is important that you understand the information you receive from the healthcare staff.\u00a0Ask questions if you don’t understand.\u00a0For example, you should receive information about treatment options and how long you may have to wait for care and treatment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If you have a myocardial infarction, the double membrane that is around the heart has become inflamed. In rare cases, fluid may accumulate between the membranes. Then the heart becomes more difficult to pump the blood and the blood circulation becomes worse. With treatment, inflammation can go away quickly, but sometimes it takes months or years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,281,461],"tags":[466,468,467,469],"class_list":["post-420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diseases","category-heart-blood-and-lymph-nodes","category-inflammation-and-infection-of-the-heart","tag-pericarditis","tag-pericarditis-symptoms","tag-pericarditis-treatment","tag-pericarditis-types"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3406,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420\/revisions\/3406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Symptoms of myocardial infarction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
When and where should I seek care?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Treatment for myocardial infarction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Influence and participate in your care<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
You should understand the information<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n