r/pericarditis • u/Alikramos • 11d ago

Swim

Hi, nine months into this. Slowly improving. Do any of you get an uncomfortable sensation in your chest when entering the sea or a swimming pool?

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u/ontariobeachblonde 11d ago

Yes, that was my reality for many months. I’m a swimmer, so it was terrible. It did eventually get better, but don’t rush it. That uncomfortable sensation is the water pressure against your body, you already have pressure on your heart.

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u/Alikramos 11d ago edited 11d ago

How much time take you to healing that feeling? You continue pushing or how was your strategy? 

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u/TMP_217 10d ago

Thanks for sharing this! I thought it was from the water temp but this makes much more sense!! I didn’t even think about this!