Chest Pain? You Could Have Pericarditis

Pericarditis is a heart condition that creates sudden but short term pain on the left side of the chest. Pericarditis occurs when the membrane that envelopes the heart (the pericardium), becomes swollen and irritated. The sharp chest pain that is symptomatic of pericarditis occurs when the layers of the pericardium push against each other. Most…

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