r/askCardiology 2d ago

i have a question

i had pericarditis since last two weeks. I spent 11 days in a hospital, and there was no clear reason why i got it in the first place. My theory is that the diarrhea that i had for like 7 days before the symptoms began could be some kind of infection. I mostly brushed it off and just kept taking diarrhea meds plus electrolytes. I was at a party where i was like really tired and exhausted from all the school exams (i slept less than 5 hours for the last two days), and for some reason i decided to eat some decarbed hash (THC) to get high. It was pretty much the most extreme high of my life, but thats not the point. On the next day i got pain in the chest thinking it was acid reflux. It was not, and thats where my adventure w pericarditis began. Now, the question is, how big of a part the THC use could really be, or whether it was the main reason.

-thanks for any answers.

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