# Pericarditis? But with odd symptom **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 23, 2022, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pericarditis-but-with-odd-symptom/968409 "2022-07-23T05:02:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kedikat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@Kedikat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kedikat)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pericarditis-but-with-odd-symptom/968409/21 "2022-07-24T16:50:35Z")
Thanks for the replies. I will bring up some ideas you have provided to my Doctor. ---
**Author:** ![Kedikat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@Kedikat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kedikat)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pericarditis-but-with-odd-symptom/968409/22 "2022-09-12T04:39:37Z")
Update. Bone scan revealed nothing. I have good bones. Doctor has put me back on Prednisone. But open ended. Starting at 50 MG for a week, then usual taper off period. But only down to 10 MG after that. Objective being to either stay on it long enough to knock out the inflammation ( if that is what it is ) permanently. Or find the minimum dose to control it long term. I seem to tolerate the Prednisone well and it does the trick. But must find a minimal dose, as it is nasty stuff. Also prescribed a pill to prevent bone problems due to Prednisone. Once a week. Will likely see a result in a week. Then see what dose works long term. Or can stop it after some time. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pericarditis-but-with-odd-symptom/968409/23 "2022-09-12T04:46:13Z")
Fwiw, i had chest pain, close to my heart, for awhile. Exercise didn’t make it worse. And it resolved when i got my acid reflux under control. I’m pretty certain it was esophageal. ---
**Author:** ![Bootb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@Bootb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootb)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pericarditis-but-with-odd-symptom/968409/24 "2022-09-12T05:01:18Z")
Has anybody suggested pseudo angina? > **[APA Dictionary of Psychology](https://dictionary.apa.org/pseudoangina)** > > A trusted reference in the field of psychology, offering more than 25,000 clear and authoritative entries. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pericarditis-but-with-odd-symptom/968409/25 "2022-09-12T12:52:28Z")
Thank you for the update. So no diagnosis and finding the lowest dose of prednisone that controls the symptoms of whatever the cause is? ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pericarditis-but-with-odd-symptom/968409/26 "2022-09-12T13:16:51Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Fwiw, i had chest pain, close to my heart, for awhile. Exercise didn’t make it worse. And it resolved when i got my acid reflux under control. I’m pretty certain it was esophageal. I will say that because it was right where the heart is (or at least, where I think of the heart being) I was a little worried about it, and discussed it in some detail with my doctor. He was pretty sure it was gastrointestinal. My prior PCP pushed me to do a stress test after an esophageal spasm, just in case, and I confess I was delighted that my current PCP was comfortable writing it off as resolved after I got the acid reflux under control and it went away. ---
**Author:** ![Kedikat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@Kedikat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kedikat)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2022, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pericarditis-but-with-odd-symptom/968409/27 "2022-09-13T05:15:26Z")
I don’t seem to have any excessive acid issues. Maybe I am just not aware. I did a regime of specific medication for that in these trials to find a source, can’t recall the specific name, but along the lines of proton pump something or other? An odd terminology. It did not seem to make a difference in any way. Early in my Crohn’s onset, it was an issue. But I changed diet and early treatment took care of that portion of it. Decades now without any excess acid issues. Maybe early damage from it is now revealing itself? I am an old geezer now. Past may be catching up with me? ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2022, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pericarditis-but-with-odd-symptom/968409/28 "2022-09-13T05:18:25Z")
> [@Kedikat](#): > > proton pump something or other? Proton pump inhibitor is what you’re looking for. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pericarditis-but-with-odd-symptom/968409.md?page=1)