Viral infections can be a known cause for myocarditis as inflammation occurs as a body’s response to fighting infections. However, it can also be caused by more systemic inflammatory disorders like autoimmune diseases. The heart muscle weakens to an extent in some severe cases that it cann...
asthma, and other mast cell disorders. Mast cells are involved in every known inflammatory disease in mammals, andLaminil™ is among the growing list of extra-label uses of mast cell stabilizers to treat systemic inflammatory pathologies, ...
Medicinal compositions for preventing or treating viral myocarditis The present invention aims at providing a pharmaceutical composition for the prophylaxis or treatment, irrespective of the kind of virus, of viral myocarditis or viral diseases induced by viral myocarditis, by the treatment or prevention....
The extra-hepatic manifestations of HEV infection can be depicted as follows: HEV is associated with myocarditis and acute pancreatitis, affecting the heart and pancreas respectively. Neurological and hematological symptoms include Guillain-Barré syndrome, Bell’s palsy, neuralgic amyotrophy, thrombocytopenia...
Autoimmune myocarditisErythromycin14‐member ring macrolidesSuperoxide productionBackground: Recent evidence suggests that erythromycin (EM), a major macrolide antibiotic, has many biological functions in addition to the anti-bacterial actions, including anti-inflammatory and free radical scavenging actions. ...
In certain embodiments, the agent is delivered to an injured area of the heart, for example, an area of the heart that has suffered injury due to ischemia. The injured area of the heart may also be caused by an infection (e.g., viral, bacterial, or parasitic), by a chemical compound...
Treatment Rest, fluids, over-the-counter pain relievers Antibiotics for bacterial infections, breathing treatments, hospitalization for severe cases Duration Usually lasts 1 to 2 weeks Varies (can be more severe and last longer) Risk factors Children, people with heart or lung problems and weakened ...
Other manifestations Cardiac involvement (up to 44%): pericarditis, ischemia, myocarditis Less frequent cardiac involvement Empty Cell Gastrointestinal involvement (10–24%) Gastrointestinal involvement (30–50%): abdominal pain most frequent symptom Empty Cell Mimics inflammatory bowel disease, mesenteric ...
Chen D-Y, Chen Y-M, Ho W-L et al (2009) Diagnosticvalueofprocalcitoninfordifferentiation between bacterial infection and non-infectious inflammation in febrile patients with active adult- onsetStill'sdisease. AnnRheumDis68:1074–1075. https://doi.org/10.1136/ard.2008.098335 34. Chen D-Y, ...
Cardiac enzymes such as troponin ormyoglobin may be measured since pericarditis may be associated with heart attack or myocarditis (an inflammation of the heart muscle). Other laboratory tests may be considered depending upon the situation and may include blood cultures for bacterial or viral infection...