Centrowitz - pericarditis

Craig Virgin had this his Freshman year at Illinois and is the reason he didn't set any US Junior records.

I developed pericarditis after suffering from a stomach bug back in late April. I wound up in the emergency room 3 times in as many weeks and I was hospitalized in the cardiac care unit for a few days for observation. It sounds like my case was a little more severe than Centro's though. I had a fairly large amount of effusion which was causing one of the chambers of my heart to collapse with each breath. There was some debate between the ER doc, my GP and my cardiologist about whether or not I needed to have the fluid drained or a pericardial window put in. Thankfully my cardiologist had them hold off to see how I reacted to high dose NSAIDs and colchicine while on bed rest in the hospital.

My cardiologist explained what happened to me by saying that when someone is training seriously their immune system can be weakened. Eventually something can come along and get you sick enough that you have to take a few days or weeks off. Without the stress of training the immune system will fight off the virus but in some cases the immune system will overcompensate and it will trigger an almost autoimmune disorder like reaction which can lead to inflammation in places where you don't need or want it.

All in all pericarditis is pretty terrible. It hurt like hell and caused me to have to take 2 months off of running (my longest break since I started running in middle school close to 30 years ago). Between the time off and the colchine they have me on returning to running has been difficult, slow and painful. I seriously wouldn't wish this on anyone.

PA wrote:

Not a doctro by any stretch of the imagination- just someone with common sense.

If centro had cardiac tamponade, would that make him intersex?

Stop the conspiracy wrote:

[quote]returd alert wrote:

I am a physician's assistant in Medford, Oregon. Teach me something. I'm certainly not above that. Incidentally, can you truly disqualify someone with the improper use of your/you're?

I thought I was the only person in 97504 to read LRC

Pericarditis is mistreated (and misdiagnosed) by the overwhelming majority of physicians, including cardiologists. Often, the diagnosis is made because the patient has chest pain and an ECG which resembles (but in fact is not) the typical pattern of pericarditis. In fact, many young healthy athletes have a pattern on ECG called benign early repolarization which, to the untrained eye, can mimic pericarditis. This prompts the use of steroids (a major mistake early on) and possibly NSAIDs/colchine (better treatments).

A more thorough diagnosis requires TYPICAL chest pain (not just any chest pain), a "rub" heard on cardiac auscultation, elevated inflammatory markers on blood tests, and imaging (ultrasound, cardiac MRI).

The cause is almost always idiopathic and likely due to a viral (generally not bacterial) infection such as respiratory viruses or stomach viruses.

Exercise is thought to be deleterious to the healing process though the literature on this is soft (mostly expert opinion from pericardial clinics at top heart hospitals). This is particularly tough for centro as a professional athlete.

He should almost certainly be seen by an expert in pericardial disease as well as a sports cardiologist. The people who qualify for those descriptions are likely numbered on a single hand.

Didn't Craig Virgin have problems with pericarditis in 1976?

Craig Virgin had pericarditis in 1976 I believe.

luv2run wrote:

Stop the conspiracy wrote:

Help me out then. English is my 3rd language. I am Hungarian born, and schooled in Spain. I am a physician's assistant in Medford, Oregon. Teach me something. I'm certainly not above that. Incidentally, can you truly disqualify someone with the improper use of your/you're?

This is my favorite post in a long, long time.

SMGDH -_-

i agree with spencer wrote:

95% sure he is getting micro dosages of HGH, EPO and some steroid massage cream as well.

Only 95%, I'm 99.99999% sure he is doing the above. Particularly, androgel.

Subway Surfers Addiction wrote:

i agree with spencer wrote:

95% sure he is getting micro dosages of HGH, EPO and some steroid massage cream as well.

Only 95%, I'm 99.99999% sure he is doing the above. Particularly, androgel.

I'm 100% sure you really know nothing about this.

bs - if its serious he couldn't have competed. excuses excuses!

That is total nonense. wrote:

A cardiologist recommended and put a stent in my best friend's heart, who had been healthy all of his life, and three months later he was dead.

The best thing is do is be healthy, and stay away from the greedy medical morons who want to experiment with your life.

Pffft. What kind of best friend was he if he didn't listen to you and just " be healthy"?