What are the early symptoms of myocarditis?

What are the early symptoms of myocarditis? We know that myocarditis is quite painful. The patient will feel short of breath and gasp when walking, and his heart will beat faster. However, this disease is not as easy to treat as we think. Let’s take a look at the early symptoms of this disease so that we can take preventive measures.

What are the early symptoms of myocarditis?

1. First of all, cardiomyopathy mainly refers to viral myocarditis. This disease means that the human body is seriously infected with a cardiotropic virus. After the onset of the disease, there is a great possibility that the disease will occur during the symptomatic period and recovery period of upper respiratory tract infection or intestinal infection. Or a missed diagnosis may have occurred.

2. Many patients may have fever, severe sore throat, cough, body aches, and diarrhea before the disease occurs, but some patients have mild and insignificant primary symptoms and can only be noticed after careful questioning.

3. Among clinically diagnosed myocarditis, about 90% have arrhythmia as the main complaint or first symptom. A small number of patients may develop syncope or Adams-Stokes syndrome as a result. A very small number of patients develop rapidly after onset and may suffer from heart failure or cardiogenic shock. Therefore, viral myocarditis has its own specific cardiac symptoms such as palpitations, chest tightness, chest pain, arrhythmia, and severe cases may cause fainting, shortness of breath and difficulty breathing.

4. For patients who have had a cold or intestinal infection in the past, if they develop the above-mentioned cardiomyopathy symptoms, they should be alert to the possibility of secondary viral myocarditis and should see a cardiologist in time.

How to prevent it

1. To prevent viral myocarditis, you should first prevent colds and enteroviral infections. During the peak cold season, try to avoid crowded places.

2. Take part in physical exercise regularly to improve your body's resistance to disease, open windows frequently to ventilate and keep the air fresh.

3. Pay attention to prevent various virus infections. Once you discover that you have been infected with the virus, you should make sure to get enough rest and avoid excessive fatigue.

The early symptoms of myocarditis are actually very easy to understand. However, we need to be aware of one thing. Although we know the symptoms of the disease, we can only ensure that myocarditis is diagnosed and cured as soon as possible if we diagnose and treat it early and cooperate with the doctor's treatment methods.